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Definition of Pharmacodynamics

1. n. That branch of pharmacology which considers the mode of action, and the effects, of medicines.

Medical Definition of Pharmacodynamics

1. The study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and the mechanisms of their actions, including the correlation of actions and effects of drugs with their chemical structure, also, such effects on the actions of a particular drug or drugs. Contrast with pharmacokinetics. Origin: Gr. Dynamis = power This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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