pharmacology
/ˌfɑɹməˈkɒləd͡ʒi/
pharmacology noun: the science of drugs, including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.
Noun
pharmacology (uncountable)
- The science of drugs, including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.
- The properties and reactions of a given drug, especially with relation to its therapeutic value.
pharmacology meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Pashto
pharmacology in Tamil
- மருந்தாக்க இயல், மருந்தியல், மருந்துப் பொருளியல்
pharmacology in Bengali
- ফার্মাকোলজি, ঔষধসংক্রান্ত বিজ্ঞান
pharmacology in Kannada
- ಔಷಧ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ, ಭೇಷಜ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ
pharmacology in Pashto
- science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals
- درملپوهنه dərməlpohəna
More languagesFewer languages
- pharmacology in Arabic
- عِلْم اَلصَّيْدَلَة ʕilm aṣ-ṣaydala
- pharmacology in Malay
- farmakologi
- pharmacology in Indonesian
- farmakologi
- pharmacology in Persian
- فارماکولوژی fârmâkoloži, داروشناسی
- pharmacology in Thai
- เภสัชศาสตร์ pee-sàt-chá-sàat
- pharmacology in Vietnamese
- dược lý học, dược học
Synonyms of pharmacology
Origin of pharmacology
From pharmaco- + -logy.
Words formed from pharmacology
- biopharmacology
- chronopharmacology
- cytopharmacology
- ethnopharmacology
- genopharmacology
- immunopharmacology
- micropharmacology
- nanopharmacology
- neuropharmacology
- oncopharmacology
- pharmacologic
- pharmacological
- pharmacologically
- pharmacologist
- photopharmacology
- phytopharmacology
- polypharmacology
- psychopharmacology
- radiopharmacology
- toxicopharmacology
- zoopharmacology
Questions about pharmacology
- What does pharmacology mean?
- Pharmacology means the science of drugs, including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.
- What is pharmacology in Tamil?
- Pharmacology in Tamil is மருந்தாக்க இயல், மருந்தியல், மருந்துப் பொருளியல். See Pharmacology meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pharmacology?
- Pharmacology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pharmacology?
- Pharmacology is pronounced /ˌfɑɹməˈkɒləd͡ʒi/.
Words near pharmacology in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pharmacology (page history and authors); pharmacology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pharmacology (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pharmacology (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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