pharmacology
noun/ˌfɑːməˈkɒlədʒi/
/ˌfɑːrməˈkɑːlədʒi/
[uncountable]- the scientific study of drugs and their use in medicineWord Originearly 18th cent.: from modern Latin pharmacologia, from Greek pharmakon ‘drug’.
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