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pharmacodynamics
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pharmacodynamics /phar·ma·co·dy·nam·ics/ (-di-nam´iks) the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and the mechanisms of their actions, including the correlation of their actions and effects with their chemical structure.pharmacodynam´ic
phar·ma·co·dy·nam·ics (färm-kd-nmks)
n.
The study of the action or effects of drugs on living organisms.
pharma·cody·namic adj.
pharmacodynamics
[-dīnam′iks]
Etymology: Gk, pharmakon, drug, dynamis, power
the study of how a drug acts on a living organism, including the pharmacologic response and the duration and magnitude of response observed relative to the concentration of the drug at an active site in the organism.
pharmacodynamics [fahr″mah-ko-di-nam´iks]
the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and the mechanisms of their actions, including the correlation of their actions and effects with their chemical structure. adj., adj pharmacodynam´ic.
pharmacodynamics,
n the division of pharmacology that studies the effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action in the body.
pharmacodynamics (fär´mkōdī-nam´iks),
n the science of drug action.
pharmacodynamics
the study of the mechanisms of action of drugs and other biochemical and physiological effects.
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