'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]
Synonyms of 'pharmacology'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aerobiology,
- agrobiology,
- anatomy,
- astrobiology,
- bacteriology,
- biochemics,
- biochemistry,
- biochemy,
- bioecology,
- biological science,
- biology,
- biometrics,
- biometry,
- bionics,
- bionomics,
- biophysics,
- botany,
- cell physiology,
- cryobiology,
- cybernetics,
- cytology,
- ecology,
- electrobiology,
- embryology,
- enzymology,
- ethnobiology,
- exobiology,
- genetics,
- gnotobiotics,
- life science,
- materia medica,
- microbiology,
- molecular biology,
- pharmaceutics,
- pharmacy,
- physiology,
- posology,
- radiobiology,
- taxonomy,
- virology,
- xenobiology,
- zoology