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Posology
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2008/02/04 - 5:23pm
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"Posology" - a word I'd never come across before today.

Anyone like to guess what it might mean? (Hands off that Google!)

Martha Barnette
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2008/02/04 - 6:15pm
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Wow, I've never seen that one, dilettante. (And of course, I couldn't resist googling it. Always good to get a new dose of information, so thanks for posting that!)

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2008/03/12 - 3:10pm
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PO·SOL·O·GY noun The branch of medicine which treats of the dosages of drugs. [<Gr. posos, how much, + -LOGY]

[source: Funk & Wagnalls New Practical Standard Dictionary of the English Language, ©1962]

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