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# Dose Form Administration Method

<mark style="color:$danger;">**This Editorial Guide is used for Education Purposes Only. It is used in the Authoring Courses and Certifications. It is based on the January 2026 Editorial Guide.**</mark>

## Overview

The dose form administration method represents a general type of method of administration (e.g. apply, chew, spray, swallow) that a dose form is designed to be administered by (e.g. a chewable tablet is formulated to be administered by chewing). To support fully defining concepts in the 736542009 |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)| hierarchy, a hierarchy representing dose form administration method is required.

Concepts in the 736665006 |Dose form administration method (administration method)| hierarchy will be used to model concepts in the 736542009 |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)| hierarchy; they will not be used to model concepts in the 763158003 |Medicinal product (product)| hierarchy.

The 736665006 |Dose form administration method (administration method)| hierarchy is a descendant of 362981000 |Qualifier value (qualifier value)|.

## Modeling

| **Parent concept**    | 736665006 \|Dose form administration method (administration method) |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Semantic tag**      | (administration method)                                             |
| **Definition status** | Defined                                                             |
| **Attributes**        | None                                                                |

## Naming

### FSN

Use the following pattern for the FSN where X is the administration method and is in the form of an imperative:

X (administration method)

For example,

* Administer (administration method)
* Apply (administration method)
* Instill (administration method)
* Spray (administration method)
* Swallow (administration method)

### Preferred Term

Use the following pattern for the PT where X is the administration method:

X

For example,

* Administer
* Apply
* Instill
* Spray
* Swallow

### Synonym

Synonyms are not allowed unless explicitly identified as an exception in the Editorial Guidelines.

### Text Definitions

Preferred; not required.

## Exemplars

<figure><img src="/files/fPoyqPR5OFrhzTgeOdPj" alt=""><figcaption><p>S<strong>tated</strong> and I<strong>nferred</strong> view for 738992009 |Chew (administration method)|</p></figcaption></figure>

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