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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfarmacología
Pronunciation / Transliteration: farma-ko-lo-hia
"La farmacología ayuda a desarrollar nuevos tratamientos médicos."
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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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10 Global Lexicons: How "pharmacology" is said worldwide
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pharmacologie
Transliteration: farma-ko-lo-zhi
"Il étudie la pharmacologie à l'université."
Pharmakologie
Transliteration: farma-ko-lo-gi
"Die Pharmakologie ist ein wichtiger Teil der medizinischen Ausbildung."
farmacologia
Transliteration: farma-ko-lo-jia
"Il professore di farmacologia ha spiegato gli effetti collaterali del farmaco."
farmacología
Transliteration: farma-ko-lo-hia
"La farmacología ayuda a desarrollar nuevos tratamientos médicos."
farmacologia
Transliteration: farma-ko-lo-gia
"Ele é especialista em farmacologia clínica."
औषधि विज्ञान
Transliteration: aushadhi vigyan
"वह विश्वविद्यालय में औषधि विज्ञान का अध्ययन कर रहा है।"
药理学
Transliteration: yào lǐ xué
"药理学是医学的重要组成部分。"
약리학
Transliteration: yak-ri-hak
"그는 대학에서 약리학을 전공하고 있다."
薬理学
Transliteration: yaku-ri-gaku
"彼女は薬理学の研究室で働いています。"
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