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pharmacokinetics

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pharmacokinetics /phar·ma·co·ki·net·ics/ (fahr″mah-ko-kĭ-net´iks) the action of drugs in the body over a period of time, including the processes of absorption, distribution, localization in tissues, biotransformation, and excretion.pharmacokinet´ic
phar·ma·co·ki·net·ics (färm-k-k-ntks, -k-)
n.
1. The process by which a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
2. The study of this process.
pharma·co·ki·netic adj.
pharmacokinetics
[fär′məkōkinet′iks]
Etymology: Gk, pharmakon + kinesis, motion
the study of the action of drugs within the body, which can, in many respects, be envisioned more accurately as the actions of the body on an administered drug. It includes studies of the mechanisms of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion; onset of action; duration of effect; biotransformation; and effects and routes of excretion of the metabolites of the drug.
pharmacokinetics [fahr″mah-ko-kĭ-net´iks]
the study of the movement of drugs in the body, including the processes of absorption, distribution, localization in tissues, biotransformation, and excretion. adj., adj pharmacokinet´ic.
pharmacokinetics (farˈ·m·kō·k·neˑ·tiks),
n the division of pharmacology that studies the absorption, distribution, and localization of drugs in the body.
pharmacokinetics
the study of the movement of drugs in the body, including the processes of absorption, distribution, localization in tissues, biotransformation and excretion.
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