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Pharmacologic

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pharmacologic /phar·ma·co·log·ic/ (-kah-loj´ik) pertaining to pharmacology or to the properties and reactions of drugs.
pharmacological, pharmacologic
pertaining to pharmacology.

pharmacological antagonism
the relationship between drugs in which an antagonist inhibits the activity of an agonist by reacting with the receptor or other part of the effector mechanism. The antagonist has no other pharmacological function. It may be a competitive or noncompetitive antagonist.

pharmacologic
adjective Endocrinology Referring to administration of hormones or other substances, naturally present in the circulation–in doses far in excess of normal levels in the body. Cf Homeopathic, Physiologic, Supraphysiologic.


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