Pharmacology

[,fɑːmə'kɒlədʒɪ] or [,fɑrmə'kɑlədʒədʒi]

(noun.) the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects.

Typist: Morton--From WordNet

(n.) Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.

(n.) A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.

Edited by Griffith