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posology

posology

9.9
The study of how much medicine to give people
  • noun
  • /pəˈzɒlədʒi/
  • Specialized
: posología
  • The study of posology is essential for safe medication practices.

Examples

  • Studying posology is essential for those developing new pharmaceutical treatments.

  • The pharmacist specialized in posology to ensure patients received safe and effective drug dosages.

  • Advances in posology have improved the accuracy of medication administration in hospitals.

  • Understanding posology helps prevent overdosing.

  • In posology, doctors carefully calculate the right dosage of medication for each patient.

  • She studied posology to understand how to prescribe the correct amounts of drugs for various conditions.

  • Understanding posology is essential for pharmacists to ensure patients receive safe and effective treatment.

Surface Forms

posology singular
posologies plural

Morphology

posology = poso + logy

Although the word is historically built from Greek combining forms meaning roughly 'dose/quantity' + 'study', those parts are not transparent to an average English learner.

Etymology

Posology comes from Greek parts poso- meaning 'how much' and -logy meaning 'study', the same -logy you see in biology or psychology. So, posology is the 'study of how much', which is why it is the branch of medicine that deals with drug dosages.