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Meaning of pharmacokinetics | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
/ˌfɑː(ɹ)məkəʊkɪˈnɛtɪks/

Definitions

  1. A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
    uncountable
  2. The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
    uncountable

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Examples

“Physiologic-based pharmocokinetic models are sometimes used to describe pharmocokinetics in laboratory animals, but they are seldom used to describe the pharmocokinetics of drugs used in humans.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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