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posology|pəʊˈsɒlədʒɪ|
[ad. F. posologie (in medical sense), f. Gr. πόσος how much + -logy.]
1. That department of medicine which relates to the quantities or doses in which drugs should be administered.
1823Crabb Technol. Dict., Posology, that part of the art of medicine which teaches the right administration of doses. 1898Rev. Brit. Pharm. 57 Index and Posology.
2. Used by Bentham for the science of quantity, i.e. mathematics.
1811–31Bentham Logic App., Wks. 1843 VIII. 287/2 By the Greek-sprung word posology, the science of quantity, may, it is believed, and if so, now for the first time, not inappositely be distinguished. 1816― Chrestomathia, ibid. VIII. 85 For an equivalent to Posological Somatics, may be employed the single-worded appellative Posology. 1861Sat. Rev. 22 June 645 We hope that the distinguished editors..will not attempt..to substitute in their respective universities this meagre Posology for the somewhat undefined, but less empty abstractions which have hitherto passed under the name of Logic. |