剂量 jìliàng dosage
dosage; prescribed dose of medicine
How to remember 剂量: 剂 dose + 量 measure = dosage.
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How it is used
- The dose/dosage of a medicine or radiation - 按医生规定的剂量服药 (àn yīshēng guīdìng de jìliàng fúyào) take the drug at the dose the doctor prescribed.
- Technical/medical; collocates with 加大/减少剂量 (increase/reduce the dose), 剂量过大 overdose.
- 量 here = liàng (amount); a precise, measured quantity.