underdosing
/ˌʌndərˈdoʊsɪŋ/
noun
- The act of giving too small an amount of a medicine or drug.
- Doctors try to avoid underdosing by carefully calculating each patient's needs.
- Underdosing of chemotherapy can allow cancer cells to survive.
- The study found that underdosing was common in patients who skipped doses.
verb
- Present participle of underdose: giving someone too small an amount of a medicine or drug.
- The pharmacist was underdosing the liquid medication because the dropper was faulty.
- The veterinarian is underdosing the puppy's dewormer by accident.
- She worries that underdosing her son's allergy medicine will make his symptoms return.