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pharmacology
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pharmacotherapy | Treatment of Disease with medicines |
| pharmacotherapeutics | the field that studies the effects of a drug in a treatment of disease |
| pharmacokinetics | "motion of drug" path of the drug from administration to excretion |
| pharmacodynamics | the study of the mechanisms of action of a drug |
| pharmacology | study of drug |
| chemical name | molecular structure of a drug |
| code/lab name | name given by the research and development investigators |
| compendial | name listed in the USP |
| trade name/ proprietary name | patent name chosen by the manufacturer company |
| generic name | common name chosen by the company: after patent has expired |