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pharmacodynamics
phar·ma·co·dy·nam·ics [ fahr-muh-koh-dahy-nam-iks ]
Definitions related to pharmacodynamics:
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Branch of pharmacology that studies reactions between drugs and living structures, including the physiological responses to pharmacological, biochemical, physiological, and therapeutic agents.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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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.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Pharmacodynamics (sometimes described as what a drug does to the body) is the study of the biochemical, physiologic, and molecular effects of drugs on the body and involves receptor binding (including receptor sensitivity), postreceptor effects, and chemical interactions. Pharmacodynamics, with pharmacokinetics (what the body does to a...Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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