Definition of Pharmacodynamics

1. n. That branch of pharmacology which considers the mode of action, and the effects, of medicines.

Definition of Pharmacodynamics

1. Noun. (pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that studies the effects and modes of action of drugs upon the body. ¹

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Medical Definition of Pharmacodynamics

1. The study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and the mechanisms of their actions, including the correlation of actions and effects of drugs with their chemical structure, also, such effects on the actions of a particular drug or drugs. Contrast with pharmacokinetics. Origin: Gr. Dynamis = power This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pharmacodynamics

pharmaceuticals
pharmaceutics
pharmaceutist
pharmaceutists
pharmacies
pharmacist
pharmacists
pharmacists' aides
pharmaco-
pharmacochemical
pharmacochemist
pharmacochemistry
pharmacochemists
pharmacodiagnosis
pharmacodynamic
pharmacodynamics (current term)
pharmacoeconomic
pharmacoeconomics
pharmacoeconomist
pharmacoeconomists
pharmacoendocrinology
pharmacoenvironmentology
pharmacoepidemiological
pharmacoepidemiology
pharmacogenetic
pharmacogeneticist
pharmacogeneticists
pharmacogenetics
pharmacogenomic
pharmacogenomics

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