pharmacokinetics

English

Etymology

pharmaco- +‎ kinetics

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfɑː(ɹ)məkəʊkɪˈnɛtɪks/

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Noun

pharmacokinetics (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
2. (pharmacology) The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
   • 2015, Thorsteinn Loftsson, Essential Pharmacokinetics: A Primer for Pharmaceutical Scientists, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 6:

     Physiologic-based pharmocokinetic models are sometimes used to describe pharmocokinetics in laboratory animals, but they are seldom used to describe the pharmocokinetics of drugs used in humans.

Derived terms

• neuropharmacokinetics
• pharmacokinetic
• pharmacokineticist

Related terms

• pharmacodynamics

Translations

branch of pharmacology

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藥物代謝動力學／药物代谢动力学 (yàowù dàixiè dònglì xué), 藥代動力學／药代动力学 (yàodài dònglì xué), 藥動學／药动学 (yàodòngxué), 藥代學／药代学 (yàodàixué)

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• Dutch: farmacokinetiek f
• Finnish: farmakokinetiikka
• French: pharmacocinétique (fr) f
• Galician: farmacocinética (gl) f
• German: Pharmakokinetik f
• Hungarian: farmakokinetika (hu)
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• Portuguese: farmacocinética
• Romanian: farmacocinetică f
• Russian: фармакокине́тика (ru) f (farmakokinétika)
• Spanish: farmacocinética (es)
• Swedish: farmakokinetik c
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