Pharmacology vs. Pharmaceutics

Pharmacologynoun

(medicine) The science of drugs including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.

Pharmacologynoun

(medicine) The properties and reactions of drugs especially with relation to their therapeutic value.

Pharmacologynoun

Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.

Pharmacologynoun

A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.

Pharmacologynoun

the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects

Pharmacology

Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemical or physiological effect on the cell, tissue, organ, or organism (sometimes the word pharmacon is used as a term to encompass these endogenous and exogenous bioactive species). More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function.

Pharmaceuticsnoun

The art and science of dispensing medical drugs.

Pharmaceuticsnoun

(plurale tantum) medicines, drugs, or other pharmaceutical compounds.

Pharmaceuticsnoun

The science of preparing medicines.

Pharmaceuticsnoun

the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,

Pharmaceutics

Pharmaceutics is the discipline of pharmacy that deals with the process of turning a new chemical entity (NCE) or old drugs into a medication to be used safely and effectively by patients. It is also called the science of dosage form design.