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PHARMACOLOGY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
Synonyms:
materia medica; pharmacological medicine; pharmacology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pharmacology" is a kind of...):
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Domain member category:
tincture ((pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution)
formulary; pharmacopeia ((pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation)
decoction ((pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling)
adjuvant (enhancing the action of a medical treatment)
percutaneous; transcutaneous; transdermal; transdermic (through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pharmacology"):
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)
Derivation:
pharmacologic; pharmacological (of or relating to pharmacology)
pharmacologist (someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects))
Context examples:
Also complicating cannabinoid pharmacology is the suggestion that some effects of cannabinoids might be moderated by additional receptor subtypes that have not yet been identified or by the vanilloid receptors.
(Anandamide Metabolism Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Its exact pharmacology is not fully understood due to the complexity of the herbal mixture and may involve multiple metabolic pathways.
(PC-SPES, NCI Thesaurus)
The branch of pharmacology that deals with the biochemical and physiological effects of a drug and the mechanism of drug action in relation to its desired therapeutic target.
(Pharmacology: Primary Pharmacodynamics, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Significantly, researchers were able to reverse compulsive alcohol drinking in the mice using gene delivery and pharmacology.
(New study identifies gene variant linked to compulsive drinking, NIH)
Used for drug screening, pharmacology studies, environmental analyses and forensics.
(Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry, NCI Thesaurus)
A branch of pharmacology that studies the biochemical mechanisms responsible for the actions of pharmacologic substances.
(Biochemical Pharmacology, NCI Thesaurus)
Clustering of the GABA-A receptor chloride channel alters receptor pharmacology on the cell surface and reduced clustering of the GABA receptor is associated with anxiety.
(GABA Receptor Life Cycle Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The type of nonclinical study performed e.g. pharmacokinetics, safety pharmacology and toxicology.
(CDISC SEND Study Category Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
In pharmacology, the initial concentration is given only for bolus IV models.
(Initial Concentration, NCI Thesaurus)
The pharmacology of biologics.
(Pharmacology, Biologicals, NCI Thesaurus)
