Pharmacology Definitions 0.0 / 5 ? Veterinary SciencePharmacologyUniversityNone Created by: Ro-Po 17Created on: 21-07-18 14:02 Pharmacology Study of drug action on animals, organs, tissues or cells (AKA mechanisms of how they work) 1 of 14 Drug Chemical substance with known biological effects on humans or other animals 2 of 14 Medicine Contains drugs in a suitable formulation for use 3 of 14 Pharmacy Preparing medicines from drugs 4 of 14 Therapeutics Use of drugs in animals (eg. dose, managing side effects etc.) 5 of 14 Pharmacon Ligand = 'signalling molecule' 6 of 14 Pharmacodynamics Action of drugs in the body 7 of 14 Pharmacokinetics Action of the body on drugs 8 of 14 Endogenous Originating from within an organism 9 of 14 Affinity Overall strength 10 of 14 Specificity Geometry of drug 11 of 14 Agonist Cause reponse 12 of 14 Antagonist Block response 13 of 14 LD50 Lethal dose, amount of a substance that kills 50% of a test sample 14 of 14
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