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
pharmacodynamics
pharmacodynamics,
pharmacodynamics (fär´m
kōdī-nam´iks),
phar·ma·co·dy·nam·ics (fär m -k d -n m  ks)n. The study of the action or effects of drugs on living organisms. phar ma·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,
n the division of pharmacology that studies the effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action in the body.
pharmacodynamics (fär´m
kōdī-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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