pharmacokinetics

pharmacokinetics
noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1960 1. the study of the bodily absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs 2. the characteristic interactions of a drug and the body in terms of its absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion • pharmacokinetic adjective

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