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po·sol·o·gy

(pə-sŏl′ə-jē, pō-)

The study of the dosages of medications.

[Greek posos, what quantity + -logy.]

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posology

(pəˈsɒlədʒɪ)

(Medicine) the branch of medicine concerned with the determination of appropriate doses of drugs or agents

[C19: from French posologie, from Greek posos how much]

posological adj

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po•sol•o•gy

(pəˈsɒl ə dʒi, poʊ-)

n.

the branch of pharmacology dealing with the determination of dosage.

[1805–15; < Greek póso(s) how much + -logy]

pos•o•log•ic (ˌpɒs əˈlɒdʒ ɪk) pos`o•log′i•cal, adj.

posology

1. the science of medicinal dosage.
2. a system of dosage. — posologic, posological, adj.

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posology - the pharmacological determination of appropriate doses of drugs and medicines

materia medica, pharmacological medicine, pharmacology - the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects

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