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Oct 26, 2010
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with Anu Gargposology
PRONUNCIATION:
(puh-SOL-uh-jee, po-)
MEANING:
noun:
The study of drug dosages.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek poso- (how much) + -logy (study). Earliest recorded use: 1786.
NOTES:
Physician Peter Mere Latham once said, "Poisons and medicine are
oftentimes the same substance given with different intents." And different
dosage, he might have added. Determining the right amount -- neither too
much nor too little -- is crucial as the effect of a medicine varies by age,
weight, sex, etc. of the recipient. That's where posology comes in.
USAGE:
"Dan Wagner's approach involves working with a team of students, professors,
local healers, midwives, and shamans to identify, collect, and mark plant
samples according to protocols established in the field of posology."J. Michael Krivyanski; From Pharmacy to Integrative Medicine; World & I (Washington, DC); Feb 2002. See more usage examples of posology in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
This above all: to thine own self be true, / And it must follow, as the night the day, / Thou canst not then be false to any man. -William Shakespeare, poet and dramatist (1564-1616)
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