Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The science of drugs, including their composition, uses, and effects.
- noun The characteristics or properties of a drug, especially those that make it medically effective.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sum of scientific knowledge concerning drugs, including
- noun pharmacy, or the art of preparing drugs, and
- noun pharmacody-namics, what is known concerning their action.
- noun More specifically, same as
pharmacodynamics .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.
- noun A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The
science that studies theeffects ofchemical compounds onliving animals , especially the science of themanufacture ,use andeffects ofmedicinal drugs . - noun The
medicinal characteristics of a specific drug.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
Etymologies
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Examples
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Moreover, pharmacology is just a small part of the historical drive to augment ourselves through technology.
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While Le, who was pursuing a doctorate in pharmacology, conducted experiments on mice, Clark took care of the rodents and cleaned their cages.
Raymond Clark ‘not at all’ violent, pal since first grade says 2009
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Dr. Kelly Hollowell received her Ph.D. in molecular and cellular pharmacology from the University of Miami, and her juris doctorate (J.D.) from Regent University.
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Moreover, pharmacology is just a small part of the historical drive to augment ourselves through technology.
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The history of obesity pharmacology is littered with promising lead compounds and targets that failed to deliver safe drugs that work - however, every new avenue that holds promise is welcome - if NAPE analogues can be developed and prove to be safe and effective even in a subset of obese individuals, it would represent a major leap forward in our ability to treat this chronic and debilitating condition.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Another Gut Hormone Reduces Food Intake 2008
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An expert in pharmacology, Shivers convincingly undercuts claims that London killed himself with an overdose of morphine.
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The end result of these shifts in pedagogy and in pharmacology is that schools are much more efficient and productive places, geared more than ever toward projecting children into the stratosphere of success.
The Organization Kid 2001
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The end result of these shifts in pedagogy and in pharmacology is that schools are much more efficient and productive places, geared more than ever toward projecting children into the stratosphere of success.
The Organization Kid 2001
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His enthusiasm for research in pharmacology was contagious.
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I had never had a course in pharmacology as a student, much less taught in one, and so I had to spend a lot of time during my first year in St. Louis keeping ahead of the medical students.
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