Medical term:
pharmacology
pharmacology
[fahr″mah-kol´o-je]the science that deals with the origin, nature, chemistry, effects, and uses of drugs; it includes pharmacognosy, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacotherapeutics, and toxicology. adj., adj pharmacolog´ic.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
phar·ma·col·o·gy
(far'mă-kol'ŏ-jē),The science concerned with drugs, their sources, appearance, chemistry, actions, and uses.
[pharmaco- + G. logos, study]
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pharmacology
(fär′mə-kŏl′ə-jē)n.
1. The science of drugs, including their composition, uses, and effects.
2. The characteristics or properties of a drug, especially those that make it medically effective.
phar′ma·co·log′ic (-kə-lŏj′ĭk), phar′ma·co·log′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
phar′ma·co·log′i·cal·ly adv.
phar′ma·col′o·gist n.
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pharmacology
The field that studies the characteristics, effects and uses of drugs and their interactions with living organisms.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
pharmacology
The study of the science and clinical application of medications; the study of drugs, their sources, their nature and properties. See Clinical pharmacology, Cosmetic pharmacology, Recombinant pharmacology.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
phar·ma·col·o·gy
(fahr'mă-kol'ŏ-jē)The science concerned with drugs and their sources, appearance, chemistry, actions, and uses.
[pharmaco- + G. logos, study]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
pharmacology
The science of DRUGS. Pharmacology is concerned with the origins, isolation, purification, chemical structure and synthesis, assay, effects, uses, side effects, relative effectiveness of drugs and the influence of genetic factors on drug action. It thus includes, among other disciplines, GENETICS, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, PHARMACOKINETICS, THERAPEUTICS and TOXICOLOGY.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
pharmacology
the study of pharmaceutical agents, their preparation, uses and effects.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
phar·ma·col·o·gy
(fahr'mă-kol'ŏ-jē)Science concerned with drugs, their sources, appearance, chemistry, actions, and uses.
[pharmaco- + G. logos, study]
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