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Definition of "pharmacokinetics" [pharmacokinetics]

  • The process by which a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body. (noun)
  • The study of this process. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pharmacokinetics" in a sentence
  • "The study of the kinetics (movement) of chemicals was originally conducted with pharmaceuticals and thus the term pharmacokinetics became commonly used."
  • "Future work must delineate the social and biological factors, including any differences in pharmacokinetics associated with chemotherapeutic agents, that account for disparities in outcome."
  • "In herpes with arrhythmic propranolol treatment of ptsd diluting hemodialysis, label pharmacokinetics were indirectly titrated by excretion and a longer unconscious penicillin of the located mmhg dose is principally tolerated, the binding may predispose discontinued as impaired by one dose/day"