- pharmacodynamics
- noun plural but singular in construction Date: circa 1842 a branch of pharmacology dealing with the reactions between drugs and living systems • pharmacodynamic adjective • pharmacodynamically adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
pharmacodynamics
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pharmacodynamics — fÉ‘rmÉ™kəʊdaɪ næmɪks / fÉ‘Ëm n. study of the manner in which drugs act on the body and their effects … English contemporary dictionary
pharmacodynamics — plural noun [treated as sing.] the branch of pharmacology concerned with the actions and effects of drugs. Derivatives pharmacodynamic adjective … English new terms dictionary
