pharmacological medicine
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1. the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | medical specialty, medicine, |
| definition | : | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | pharmacokinetics, |
| definition | : | the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion; duration of effect; etc. (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | posology, |
| definition | : | the pharmacological determination of appropriate doses of drugs and medicines (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | psychopharmacology, |
| definition | : | the study of drugs that affect the mind (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | toxicology, |
| definition | : | the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | tincture, |
| definition | : | (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | formulary, pharmacopeia, |
| definition | : | (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | decoction, |
| definition | : | (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling (noun.process) |
| domain member category | : | adjuvant, |
| definition | : | enhancing the action of a medical treatment (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | percutaneous, transcutaneous, transdermal, transdermic, |
| definition | : | through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches) (adj.pert) |
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