Definition of pharmacology Pharmacology

/fɑˌɹmʌkɑˈlʌʤi/ - [farmukalujee] - phar•ma•col•o•gy

We found 8 definitions of pharmacology from 6 different sources.

What does pharmacology mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: pharmacologies
pharmacology - the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
		pharmacological medicine, materia medica
		medical specialty, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
		pharmacokinetics the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion; duration of effect; etc.
		posology the pharmacological determination of appropriate doses of drugs and medicines
		psychopharmacology the study of drugs that affect the mind
		toxicology the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons

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Wiktionary

pharmacology (Noun)
The science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals, especially the science of the manufacture, use and effects of medicinal drugs.
pharmacology (Noun)
The medicinal characteristics of a specific drug.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

pharmacology (n.)
Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.
pharmacology (n.)
A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

pharmacology
The science dealing with the nature and properties of drugs, particularly their actions.\n(Source: MGH)

Wikipedia

Pharmacology is the study of how things have an effect on living organisms and change how they function.

Origin of the word.

If something can be used as a medicine, it is called a pharmaceutical. Pharmacology includes how drugs are made, how they interact with living organisms, what harmful effects they could have, how they can be used as medicines, and if they can be used to prevent illness. A person who works in the study of pharmacology is called a pharmacologist. Pharmacologists work in a team with biochemists, geneticists, microbiologists, toxicologists and pharmacists to run clinical tests on how drugs work.

Uses of pharmacology.

The development of drugs is very important to medicine, but it also has strong economical and political uses. To protect people and prevent abuse, some countries try to control the way in which drugs are made, sold, and administered.

Scientific background.

To study chemicals, a person needs to know a lot about what will be affected if it is ingested. As more people know about cell biology and biochemistry, the field of pharmacology has changed as well. It is now possible to design chemicals that do specific things.

A chemical can have different properties. Pharmacokinetics describes the what effect the body will have on the chemical, and pharmacodynamics describes the chemical's effect on the body (desired or toxic).

When a pharmacologist is talking about pharmacokinetic properties of a chemical, they are interested in four things: ADME.

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