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Noun: pharmacology  `faa(r)-mu'kó-lu-jee
  1. The science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
    - pharmacological medicine, materia medica

Derived forms: pharmacologies

See also: pharmacologic, pharmacologist

Type of: medical specialty, medicine

Encyclopedia: Pharmacology Pharmacology, clinical