Pharmacokinetics
//ˌfɑː(ɹ)məkəʊkɪˈnɛtɪks// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body. uncountable
- 2 the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion, duration of effect, etc. wordnet
- 3 The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body. uncountable
"Physiologic-based pharmocokinetic models are sometimes used to describe pharmocokinetics in laboratory animals, but they are seldom used to describe the pharmocokinetics of drugs used in humans."
Example
More examples"Physiologic-based pharmocokinetic models are sometimes used to describe pharmocokinetics in laboratory animals, but they are seldom used to describe the pharmocokinetics of drugs used in humans."
Etymology
From pharmaco- + kinetics.
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