pharmacoenvironmentology
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]pharmaco- + environment + -ology
Noun
[edit]pharmacoenvironmentology (uncountable)
- (medicine) a branch of pharmacology and pharmacovigilance that deals entry of chemicals or drugs into the environment after elimination from humans and animals as post-therapy. It deals specifically with those pharmacological agents that have impact on the environment via elimination through living organisms subsequent to pharmacotherapy.
- The environmental impact of a specific drug.