overdosage

1 5.8

Taking too much of a drug or medicine that can harm the body

noun
/ˌoʊvərˈdoʊsɪdʒ/

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: sobredosis

Contact your healthcare professional if you suspect an overdosage of medication.

Examples

Actually, these terrible symptoms were mostly due to an overdosage of an anti-seizure medication prescribed to treat my bipolar disorder.

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Read it, dismissed it as an "eh, I've read better" kind of book, with the overdosage of tweenage romance clichés and all, and went on to watch the movie, disliked the acting, and pretty much left it at that.

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An overdosage of this painkiller can lead to serious health complications.
Signs of overdosage may include severe headaches and difficulty breathing.

Synonyms

intoxication

vsoverdosage

Specialized

6 6.0

A condition when a poison harms the body or mind

is specifically the harmful outcome of ingesting an excessive amount

megadose

vsoverdosage

1 7.5

A very large dose of a medicine or vitamin much higher than recommended

is the harmful result caused by taking too much of a substance

Antonyms

underdosing

Specialized

7.3

Giving or taking less medicine than the doctor says

How Excessive

lethal dose

Specialized

14 6.7

overdosage

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1 5.8

dose

345 3.3

underdose

Specialized

8.2

Surface Forms

overdosage singular

overdosages plural

Morphology

overdosage = dosage (transparent) = over + dose + age

The meaning is straightforwardly built from 'dosage' with the prefix 'over-', indicating an excessive amount.

Etymology

Overdosage comes from over- meaning 'too much' and dose meaning 'an amount of medicine'. So overdosage literally means 'giving too much' medicine, which is why it can be harmful.