English Explanatory Dictionary

pharmacology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The science of drugs, including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.
  2. The properties and reactions of a given drug, especially with relation to its therapeutic value.

Pronunciation

fär'mə-kŏl'əjē /ˌfɑɹməˈkɒləd͡ʒi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-pharmacology.wav

Word forms

pharmacology

Etymology

From pharmaco- + -logy.

Synonyms

materia medica

Related words

pharmacy

Derived words

biopharmacology chronopharmacology cytopharmacology ethnopharmacology genopharmacology immunopharmacology micropharmacology nanopharmacology neuropharmacology oncopharmacology pharmacologic pharmacological pharmacologically pharmacologist photopharmacology phytopharmacology polypharmacology psychopharmacology radiopharmacology toxicopharmacology zoopharmacology

Translations

Afrikaans: farmakologie Albanian: farmakologji Arabic: عِلْم اَلصَّيْدَلَة Asturian: farmacoloxía Azerbaijani: farmakologiya Belarusian: фармакало́гія Bulgarian: фармакология Catalan: farmacologia Chinese Mandarin: 藥理學 /药理学 Czech: farmakologie Danish: farmakologi Dutch: farmacologie Esperanto: farmakologio Finnish: farmakologia French: pharmacologie Galician: farmacoloxía Georgian: ფარმაკოლოგია German: Pharmakologie Greek: φαρμακολογία Hebrew: פרמקולוגיה Hungarian: gyógyszerhatástan Hungarian: farmakológia Icelandic: lyfjafræði Indonesian: farmakologi Irish: míochaine Italian: farmacologia Japanese: 薬理学 Korean: 약리학 Latvian: farmakoloģija Lithuanian: farmakologija Malay: farmakologi Māori: mātai taka rongoā Norwegian Bokmål: farmakologi Norwegian Nynorsk: farmakologi Pashto: درملپوهنه Persian: فارماکولوژی Persian: داروشناسی Polish: farmakologia Portuguese: farmacologia Romanian: farmacologie Russian: фармаколо́гия Serbo-Croatian: фармаколо̀гија Serbo-Croatian: farmakològija
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