PHARMACOGENETICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pharmacogenetics mean? 

• PHARMACOGENETICS (noun)
  The noun PHARMACOGENETICS has 1 sense:

1. the branch of genetics that studies the genetically determined variations in responses to drugs in humans or laboratory organisms

  Familiarity information: PHARMACOGENETICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHARMACOGENETICS (noun)

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Meaning:

The branch of genetics that studies the genetically determined variations in responses to drugs in humans or laboratory organisms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pharmacogenetics" is a kind of...):

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

 Context examples 

Pharmacogenetics is being used to learn ahead of time what the best drug or the best dose of a drug will be for a person.

(Pharmacogenetics, NCI Dictionary)

Also called pharmacogenetics.

(Pharmacogenomics, NCI Dictionary)