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materia medica vs pharmacokinetics

pharmacokinetics vs materia medica

materia medica and pharmacokinetics both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
materia medica Yes No No No
pharmacokinetics Yes No No No
As nouns, pharmacokinetics is a hyponym of materia medica; that is, pharmacokinetics is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than materia medica:
  • materia medica: the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
  • pharmacokinetics: the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion, duration of effect, etc.
Other hyponyms of materia medica include posology, psychopharmacology, toxicology.
materia medica (noun) pharmacokinetics (noun)
the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion, duration of effect, etc.
Difference between materia medica and pharmacokinetics

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