pharmacologist
Noun
Meaning
One skilled in pharmacology.
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Nippon Nogei Kagaku Kaishi J. Agric. Chem. Soc., 36, pp. 251 In 1873 German pharmacologist Rudolf Buchheim Rudolf Buchheim (1873) "Über die 'scharfen' Stoffe" (On the "hot" substance), Archiv der Heilkunde (Archive of Medicine), vol. 14, pages 1ff.
The presence of such a gap suggested communication via chemical messengers traversing the synaptic cleft, and in 1921 German pharmacologist Otto Loewi (1873–1961) confirmed that neurons can communicate by releasing chemicals.
Thus the phenomenon of CP violation was discovered. citation * Howard Florey (1898–1968): Australian pharmacologist and pathologist.
Furthermore, on the basis of the structure of a given organic molecule, the theoretical pharmacologist aims at predicting the biological activity of new drugs that are of the same general type as existing drugs.
United States 1962: FDA pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey receives the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service from President John F. Kennedy for blocking sale of thalidomide in the United States.
Whereas a pharmacy student will eventually work in a pharmacy dispensing medications, a pharmacologist will typically work within a laboratory setting.