PHARMACOKINETICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pharmacokinetics mean? 

• PHARMACOKINETICS (noun)
  The noun PHARMACOKINETICS has 1 sense:

1. the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion; duration of effect; etc.

  Familiarity information: PHARMACOKINETICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHARMACOKINETICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion; duration of effect; etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pharmacokinetics" is a kind of...):

materia medica; pharmacological medicine; pharmacology (the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects)

 Context examples 

In pharmacokinetics, it is the concentration corresponding to Tlast.

(Last Concentration, NCI Thesaurus)

The branch of pharmacokinetics that studies the process by which a drug is eliminated by the body.

(Pharmacokinetics: Excretion, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The branch of pharmacokinetics that studies the process by which a drug is absorbed by the body.

(Pharmacokinetics: Absorption, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The branch of pharmacokinetics that studies the process by which a drug is distributed by the body.

(Pharmacokinetics: Distribution, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

During Phase 1, sufficient information about the drug's pharmacokinetics and pharmacological effects should be obtained to permit the design of well-controlled, scientifically valid, Phase 2 studies.

(phase I trial, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The type of nonclinical study performed e.g. pharmacokinetics, safety pharmacology and toxicology.

(CDISC SEND Study Category Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Hydrophilicity is a major component in the pharmacokinetics of drug transfer into the subdural space.

(Epidural Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

The branch of pharmacokinetics that studies the process by which two or more drugs in a system are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.

(Pharmacokinetics: Drug Interactions, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The branch of pharmacokinetics that studies the process by which a drug is metabolized by the body.

(Pharmacokinetics: Metabolism, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

In the field of pharmacokinetics, the area under the curve (AUC) is the area under the curve in a plot of concentration of a drug in plasma against time.

(Area Under Curve, NCI Thesaurus)