General Terms

Question 1

Pharmacology

Answer 1

the study of the effect of chemicals on living tissue

Question 2

pharmacokinetics

Answer 2

the study of the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs

“what the body does to the drug”

Question 3

pharmacodynamics

Answer 3

physiological and biochemical mechanism of action of drugs

“what the drug does to the body”

Question 4

pharmaceutics

Answer 4

the formulation and preparation of drugs

Question 5

pharmacoeconomics

Answer 5

the study of the economic impact of drugs

Question 6

toxicology

Answer 6

the study of the harmful effects of chemicals

Question 7

pharmacognosy

Answer 7

the study of the medicinal uses of naturally occurring compounds

Question 8

pharmacy

Answer 8

the preparation and dispensing of drugs

Question 9

pharmacogenetics

Answer 9

genetic influences by and on drugs

Question 10

pharmacogenomics

Answer 10

identifies discrete genetic differences among individuals that play a critical role in drug response

Question 11

pharmacoepidemiology

Answer 11

the study of the use and effects of drugs on large groups of people