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Definition of pharmacology noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pharmacology

noun

/ˌfɑːməˈkɒlədʒi/

/ˌfɑːrməˈkɑːlədʒi/

[uncountable]

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the scientific study of drugs and their use in medicine
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from modern Latin pharmacologia, from Greek pharmakon ‘drug’.

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