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Pharmacology
Study of the changes produced in living animals by drugs, chemical substances used to treat and diagnose disease. It is closely related to other scientific disciplines, particularly biochemistry and physiology. Areas of pharmacologic research include mechanisms of drug action, the use of drugs in treating disease, and drug-induced side effects.Source:
The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia
by Columbia University Press
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