dosing

SayDOHS-ingUS/ˈdoʊsɪŋ/UK/ˈdəʊsɪŋ/

2 meanings of dosing

1
noununcountable
The giving of a measured amount of a drug or other substance.
Incorrect dosing of the antibiotic delayed her recovery.
The clinic adjusted the dosing after reviewing the test results.
Similardosage, administration
2
verb
Present participle of dose.
The vet is dosing the horse with a mild sedative.
Dosing the reservoir with chlorine kept the water safe to drink.
Note
The -ing form carries every meaning of the verb, not only the medical one. Besides giving medicine, it can mean drugging someone covertly, and in dated use passing on a venereal disease, so the surrounding words matter. In older texts it may simply be a spelling of dozing. As a gerund (dosing the reservoir) it shades into the noun for giving doses, which, unlike the gerund, has a plural: dosings.

dosing is a form of dose

dose, verb: To give a measured amount of medicine to a person or animal. Full entry

Forms: dosedoses he/she/itdosing -ing formdosed past tense, past participle
Spelling: dose → dosing: drop the e, add -ing

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