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Pharmacokinetics:
Pharmacokinetics:
The science and study of the factors which determine the amount of chemical agents at their sites of biological effect at various times after the application of an agent or drug to biological systems. Pharmacokinetics includes study of drug absorption and distribution ("biotranslocation"), study of the chemical alterations a drug may undergo in the body, ("biotransformation"), and study of the means by which drugs are stored in the body and eliminated from it.
Cf. Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacology, Biotransformation, Biotranslocation, Half-Life, Volume of Distribution, Bioavailability
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