pharmacoenvironmentology
pharmacoenvironmentology noun: a branch of pharmacology and pharmacovigilance that deals entry of chemicals or drugs into the environment after elimination from humans and animals as post-therapy. It deals specifically with those pharmacological agents that have impact on the environment via elimination through living organisms subsequent to pharmacotherapy.
Noun
pharmacoenvironmentology (uncountable)
- a branch of pharmacology and pharmacovigilance that deals entry of chemicals or drugs into the environment after elimination from humans and animals as post-therapy. It deals specifically with those pharmacological agents that have impact on the environment via elimination through living organisms subsequent to pharmacotherapy.
- The environmental impact of a specific drug.
Origin of pharmacoenvironmentology
From pharmaco- + environment + -ology.
Words formed from pharmacoenvironmentology
Questions about pharmacoenvironmentology
- What does pharmacoenvironmentology mean?
- Pharmacoenvironmentology means a branch of pharmacology and pharmacovigilance that deals entry of chemicals or drugs into the environment after elimination from humans and animals as post-therapy. It deals specifically with those pharmacological agents that have impact on the environment via elimination through living organisms subsequent to pharmacotherapy.
- What part of speech is pharmacoenvironmentology?
- Pharmacoenvironmentology is a noun.
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