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Pharmacology vs Pharmacokinetics - What's the difference?

pharmacology | pharmacokinetics |

As nouns the difference between pharmacology and pharmacokinetics

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 pharmacokinetics is a branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.

pharmacology

English

(wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * pharmacy

    pharmacokinetics

    English

    (wikipedia pharmacokinetics)

    Noun

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  • (pharmacology) A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.

    • Related terms

    * pharmacodynamics

    Derived terms

    * pharmacokinetic