pharmacology

Noun

Meaning

Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.

A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

materia medica pharmaceutics pharmacological medicine biology apothecary medication chemist taxonomy pharmacy endometrium bionics toxicological bacteriology dispensary pharma
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Antonyms

bane disease venom injury illness infection
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Hypernyms

science medicine medical specialty

Hyponyms

psychopharmacology posology toxicology pharmacokinetics

Related terms

pharmacy

Phrases with the word

study of the pharmacology of the nervous system behavioral pharmacology

Examples

Pharmacology is benefited by the prepared mind. You need to know what you are looking for. Siddhartha Mukherjee

In modern pharmacology it's so clear that even if you have a fixed dose of a drug, the individuals respond very differently to one and the same dose. Arvid Carlsson

Even then, Vanderbilt was the premiere place for clinical pharmacology. Alastair Wood

In teaching, I wanted to offer a general pharmacology course based on chemical principles, biochemical classification and mathematical modelling. In the event I achieved neither of my ambitions. James Black

Adverse effects Addiction experts in psychiatry, chemistry, pharmacology, forensic science, epidemiology, and the police and legal services engaged in delphic analysis regarding 20 popular recreational drugs. Source: Internet

As for the University of Kentucky’s research projects, Walsh and Lisa Cassis, vice president for research for the Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, reported that the university’s research projects are going well. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pharmacological medicine pharmacologically pharmacologist pharmacomanagement pharmacomania pharmacomathy