PHARMACOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pharmacology mean? 

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

1. the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHARMACOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

materia medica; pharmacological medicine; pharmacology

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

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Domain member category:

tincture ((pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution)

formulary; pharmacopeia ((pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation)

decoction ((pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling)

adjuvant (enhancing the action of a medical treatment)

percutaneous; transcutaneous; transdermal; transdermic (through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pharmacology"):

pharmacokinetics (the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion; duration of effect; etc.)

posology (the pharmacological determination of appropriate doses of drugs and medicines)

psychopharmacology (the study of drugs that affect the mind)

toxicology (the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons)

Derivation:

pharmacologic; pharmacological (of or relating to pharmacology)

pharmacologist (someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects))

 Context examples 

The branch of pharmacology that tries to understand drug effects by understanding the way that receptors interact with proteins and other molecules in signal transduction.

(Molecular Receptor Pharmacology, NCI Thesaurus)

In veterinary pharmacology, it is used as a trypanosomicide.

(Homidium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Studies on the toxicology and pharmacology of smoking and tobacco-related exposures.

(Experimental Tobacco Carcinogenesis, NCI Thesaurus)

A branch of pharmacology concerned with the effects of drugs on the nervous system.

(Neuropharmacology, NCI Thesaurus)

The branch of pharmacology dealing especially with the action of drugs upon various parts of the nervous system.

(Neuropharmacology, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The branch of pharmacology that deals with the biochemical and physiological effects of a drug and the mechanism of drug action not related to its desired therapeutic target.

(Pharmacology: Secondary Pharmacodynamics, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The branch of pharmacology that deals with the mechanism of action and biochemical and physiological effects of drug-drug interactions.

(Pharmacology: Pharmacodynamic Drug Interactions, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The branch of pharmacology that studies the effectiveness and safety of drug treatment in humans.

(Clinical Pharmacology, NCI Thesaurus)

The branch of pharmacology that deals with the gastrointestinal system.

(Gastrointestinal Pharmacology, NCI Thesaurus)

The branch of pharmacology that deals with the central nervous system.

(Central Nervous System Pharmacology, NCI Thesaurus)