🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

farmacología

Pronunciation / Transliteration: farma-ko-lo-hia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
pharmacology/ˌfɑːrməˈkɒlədʒi/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La farmacología ayuda a desarrollar nuevos tratamientos médicos."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The branch of medicine concerned with the uses, effects, and modes of action of drugs.

    "She is pursuing a degree in pharmacology to understand how new medicines interact with human cells."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the 19th century from New Latin pharmācō-, combining form of Greek pharmakon ('drug, poison') + -logia ('study of').

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