pharmacology
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pharmacology (uncountable)
- (medicine) The science of drugs including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.
- (medicine) The properties and reactions of drugs especially with relation to their therapeutic value.
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- (science of drugs): materia medica (archaic or historical)
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science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals
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