pharmacokinetics en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌfɑː(ɹ)məkəʊkɪˈnɛtɪks/
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)der. English pharmaco- English kinetics English pharmacokinetics From pharmaco- + kinetics.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
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(uncountable) The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
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.
2015, Thorsteinn Loftsson, Essential Pharmacokinetics: A Primer for Pharmaceutical Scientists, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 6:
Deriveds
pharmacokineticist · neuropharmacokinetics · pharmacokinetic · chronopharmacokinetics
Relateds
Translations (15)
es farmacocinética (branch of pharmacology) · gl farmacocinética (branch of pharmacology) · hu farmakokinetika (branch of pharmacology) · cmn 藥動學 /药动学 (branch of pharmacology) · cmn 藥代學 /药代学 (branch of pharmacology) · sv farmakokinetik (branch of pharmacology) · nl farmacokinetiek (branch of pharmacology) · cmn 藥物代謝動力學 /药物代谢动力学 (branch of pharmacology) · cmn 藥代動力學 /药代动力学 (branch of pharmacology) · ro farmacocinetică (branch of pharmacology) · fr pharmacocinétique (branch of pharmacology) · fi farmakokinetiikka (branch of pharmacology) · pt farmacocinética (branch of pharmacology) · de Pharmakokinetik (branch of pharmacology) · ru фармакокине́тика (branch of pharmacology)