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Pharmacology vs Pharmacodynamics - What's the difference?

pharmacology | pharmacodynamics |

As nouns the difference between pharmacology and pharmacodynamics

is that pharmacology is the science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals, especially the science of the manufacture, use and effects of medicinal drugs while pharmacodynamics is the branch of pharmacology that studies the effects and modes of action of drugs upon the body.

pharmacology

Noun

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  • (medicine) The science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals, especially the science of the manufacture, use and effects of medicinal drugs.
  • The medicinal characteristics of a specific drug.
  • Derived terms

    * pharmacologic * pharmacological * pharmacologically * pharmacologist

    pharmacodynamics

    Noun

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  • (pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that studies the effects and modes of action of drugs upon the body.
  • Derived terms

    * pharmacodynamic