pharmacokinetics

[fahr-muh-koh-ki-net-iks, -kahy-]

phar·ma·co·ki·net·ics

[fahr-muh-koh-ki-net-iks, -kahy-]
noun (used with a singular verb) Pharmacology.
the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.

Origin:
1955–60; pharmaco- + kinetics
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Pharmacokinetics has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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pharmacokinetics (ˌfɑːməkəʊkɪˈnɛtɪks, -kaɪ-)
 
n
the branch of pharmacology concerned with the way drugs are taken into, move around, and are eliminated from, the body
 
pharmacoki'netic
 
adj
 
pharmacoki'netically
 
adv
 
pharmacokineticist
 
n

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pharmacokinetics phar·ma·co·ki·net·ics (fär'mə-kō-kə-nět'ĭks, -kī-)
n.

  1. The process by which a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized and eliminated by the body.

  2. The study of this process.


phar'ma·co·ki·net'ic adj.

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