posology
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posology
- /pəʊˈsɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/ UK
- /pə-/ UK
- /pəˈzɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ US
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek πόσος (pósos, “how much?”) + -ology (suffix indicating a branch of learning).
noun posologies
- The study of the dosages of drugs, especially the determination of appropriate dosages. The difficulty here alluded to occurs in the doses of medicine exhibited by the ancient physicians. These have long been observed to be very large; and it was on remarking the impossibility, according to our ideas, of exhibiting them with safety to human life, or even of escaping destruction under t
- In the works of English philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832): the study of quantity; mathematics. [page 253] [T]he branch of art and science therein denominated Posology, but commonly called Mathematics. […] [page 254] Of the two minor aggregates, into which, by this means, the major aggregate, Posology or Mathematics, was divided,—form-regarding, or figure-regarding Posology or Mathematics, in
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Talk about this word "posology." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/posology. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. posology. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/posology "posology." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/posology.Cite this
@misc{posology_2026,
title = {posology},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/posology},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
