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PHARMACOLOGY
pharmacology, pharmacological medicine, materia medica
(noun) the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pharmacology (uncountable)
(medicine) The science of drugs including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.
(medicine) The properties and reactions of drugs especially with relation to their therapeutic value.
Source: Wiktionary
Phar`ma*col"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. pharmacologie.]
1. Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.
2. A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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