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pharmacokinetics

/ˌfɑː(ɹ)məkəʊkɪˈnɛtɪks/

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

Noun

pharmacokinetics (uncountable)

  1. A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
  2. The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
    • Physiologic-based pharmocokinetic models are sometimes used to describe pharmocokinetics in laboratory animals, but they are seldom used to describe the pharmocokinetics of drugs used in humans.2015, Thorsteinn Loftsson, Essential Pharmacokinetics: A Primer for Pharmaceutical Scientists, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 6

pharmacokinetics meaning in Tamil and Bengali

pharmacokinetics in Tamil

மருந்து அடையும் மாற்றம், மருந்தியக்கத் தாக்கியல்

pharmacokinetics in Bengali

ফার্মাকোকিনেটিক্স, মানবদেহে ওষুধের প্রবেশ, শোষণ

Origin of pharmacokinetics

From pharmaco- + kinetics.

Words formed from pharmacokinetics

Questions about pharmacokinetics

What does pharmacokinetics mean?
Pharmacokinetics means a branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
What is pharmacokinetics in Tamil?
Pharmacokinetics in Tamil is மருந்து அடையும் மாற்றம், மருந்தியக்கத் தாக்கியல். See Pharmacokinetics meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pharmacokinetics?
Pharmacokinetics is a noun.
How do you pronounce pharmacokinetics?
Pharmacokinetics is pronounced /ˌfɑː(ɹ)məkəʊkɪˈnɛtɪks/.

Words near pharmacokinetics in the dictionary

  1. pharmacokinetic
  2. pharmacokinetical
  3. pharmacokinetically
  4. pharmacokineticist
  5. pharmacokineticists
  6. pharmacokinetics
  7. pharmacol
  8. pharmacolite
  9. pharmacolites
  10. pharmacologia
  11. pharmacologic

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