materia medica

Synonyms:

pharmacological medicine, pharmacology

Types:

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pharmacokinetics

the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion; duration of effect; etc.

posology

the pharmacological determination of appropriate doses of drugs and medicines

psychopharmacology

the study of drugs that affect the mind

toxicology

the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons

Type of:

medical specialty, medicine

the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques