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pharmacokinetics

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pharmacokinetics /phar·ma·co·ki·net·ics/ (fahr?mah-ko-ki-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 (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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