Dosage form

How it is used

Used in textbooks, product information and pharmaceutics courses, where dosage forms are grouped as solid, liquid, semi-solid and gaseous. Pharmacists choose a suitable dosage form for children, older people or patients who cannot swallow. Also called pharmaceutical form.

Example sentences

1. The same drug is available in three dosage forms: tablets, an oral solution and an injection.

2. We need a dosage form that can be given through a feeding tube.

Common collocations

• solid dosage form
• liquid dosage form
• oral dosage form
• choose a dosage form

Related terms

• tabletA solid dosage form made by pressing a powder of the active ingredient and other substances into a small flat or round shape, which is usually swallowed.
• capsuleA solid dosage form in which the medicine is held inside a small shell, usually made of gelatin, that dissolves in the stomach or intestine.
• suspensionA liquid dosage form in which fine particles of a drug are spread through a liquid without dissolving, so it must be shaken before each dose.
• ointmentA greasy, semi-solid preparation with little or no water that is applied to the skin or eyes and stays on the surface longer than a cream.
• route of administrationThe way a medicine enters the body, for example by mouth, through the skin, by injection into a vein or muscle, or by breathing it in.

More terms: Dosage Forms

• active ingredient
• inhaler
• modified-release
• excipient
• enteric-coated