Definitions for: Pharmacology

[n] the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects

Webster (1913) Definition: Phar`ma*col"o*gy, n. [Gr. fa`rmakon drug + -logy:
cf. F. pharmacologie.]
1. Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing
medicines.

2. A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.

Synonyms: materia medica, pharmacological medicine

See Also: medical specialty, medicine, pharmacokinetics, posology, psychopharmacology, toxicology

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