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Pharmacology vs Toxicology - What's the difference?

pharmacology | toxicology |

As nouns the difference between pharmacology and toxicology

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 toxicology is the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning.

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

    toxicology

    Noun

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  • (sciences, pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning.