'Pharmacology' definitions:

Definition of 'pharmacology'

From: WordNet
noun
The science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects [syn: pharmacology, pharmacological medicine, materia medica]

Definition of 'Pharmacology'

From: GCIDE
  • Pharmacology \Phar`ma*col"o*gy\, n. [Gr. fa`rmakon drug + -logy: cf. F. pharmacologie.]
  • 1. The science dealing with knowledge of the preparation, use, and effects of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A treatise on the art of preparing medicines. [1913 Webster]