pharmacological

[ fahr-muh-kuh-loj-i-kuhl ]

adjective

1. using, involving, or having to do with a drug or drugs:

   Talk therapy sessions can be combined with pharmacological treatment.

   The botanical extracts were subjected to phytochemical study as well as pharmacological screening.

Other Words From

• phar·ma·co·log·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of pharmacological¹

pharmacolog(y) ( def ) + -ical ( def )

Example Sentences

At the time, researchers had been using GANs to do things like design new objects or create one-of-a-kind, fake human faces, but Zhavoronkov wanted to apply them to pharmacology.

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And when the third factor of pharmacological chemistry is introduced, it becomes totally unpredictable.

From The Daily Beast

And yet there's something missing from pharmacological lit that you might not even notice at first.

From The Daily Beast

For other pharmacological characters and the therapeutic employments of coca see Cocaine.

From Project Gutenberg

It is hoped that the writer may be able to undertake a more thorough pharmacological study of this element.

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The production of chronic symptoms in rabbits is a crucial test of the pharmacological activity of these plants.

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It was for a "pharmacological-chemical coffee-making device by infusion."

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Lobelia has certain pharmacological resemblances to tobacco.

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