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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   a branch of pharmacology and pharmacovigilance that deals entry of chemicals or drugs into the environment after elimination from humans and animals as post-therapy. It deals specifically with those pharmacological agents that have impact on the environment via elimination through living organisms subsequent to pharmacotherapy. uncountable
2. 2
   The environmental impact of a specific drug. uncountable

Etymology

From pharmaco- + environment + -ology.

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