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Pharmacology
//ˌfɑɹməˈkɒləd͡ʒi//
Synonyms for "pharmacology" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
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Related words (22)
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54 translations across 48 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- farmakologie noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Albanian
1 entries- farmakologji noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Arabic
1 entries- عِلْم اَلصَّيْدَلَة noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Asturian
1 entries- farmacoloxía noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- farmakologiya noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Belarusian
1 entries- фармакало́гія noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Bulgarian
1 entries- фармакология noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Catalan
1 entries- farmacologia noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 藥理學 /药理学 noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Czech
1 entries- farmakologie noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Danish
1 entries- farmakologi noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Dutch
1 entries- farmacologie noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Esperanto
1 entries- farmakologio noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Finnish
1 entries- farmakologia noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
French
1 entries- pharmacologie noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Galician
1 entries- farmacoloxía noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Georgian
1 entries- ფარმაკოლოგია noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
German
1 entries- Pharmakologie noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Greek
1 entries- φαρμακολογία noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Hebrew
1 entries- פרמקולוגיה noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Hungarian
2 entries- farmakológia noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
- gyógyszerhatástan noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Icelandic
1 entries- lyfjafræði noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Indonesian
1 entries- farmakologi noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Irish
1 entries- míochaine noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Italian
1 entries- farmacologia noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Japanese
1 entries- 薬理学 noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Korean
1 entries- 약리학 noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Latvian
1 entries- farmakoloģija noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Lithuanian
1 entries- farmakologija noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Malay
1 entries- farmakologi noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Māori
1 entries- mātai taka rongoā noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- farmakologi noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- farmakologi noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Pashto
1 entries- درملپوهنه noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Persian
2 entries- داروشناسی noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
- فارماکولوژی noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Polish
1 entries- farmakologia noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Portuguese
1 entries- farmacologia noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Romanian
1 entries- farmacologie noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Russian
1 entries- фармаколо́гия noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- farmakològija noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
- фармаколо̀гија noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Slovak
1 entries- farmakológia noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Slovene
1 entries- farmakologíja noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Spanish
1 entries- farmacología noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Swedish
1 entries- farmakologi noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Thai
1 entries- เภสัชศาสตร์ noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Turkish
3 entries- eczabilim noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
- farmakoloji noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
- ilaç bilimi noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Ukrainian
1 entries- фармаколо́гія noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Vietnamese
2 entries- dược học noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
- dược lý học noun (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
I don't really know anything about the pharmacology of venlafaxine.
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Leib is studying pharmacology.
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Other areas of specialization include toxicology, pharmacology, and physical therapy.
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