pharmacokinetics
noun
- Branch of pharmacology dedicated to determining the fate of substances administered to a living organism
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌfɑː(ɹ)məkəʊkɪˈnɛtɪks/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)der. English pharmaco- English kinetics English pharmacokinetics From pharmaco- + kinetics.
- A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
- The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
“Physiologic-based pharmocokinetic models are sometimes used to describe pharmocokinetics in laboratory animals, but they are seldom used to describe the pharmocokinetics of drugs used in humans.”