Definitions for pharmacodynamics
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1. pharmacodynamicsnoun

   The branch of pharmacology that studies the effects and modes of action of drugs upon the body.

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1. Pharmacodynamics

   Pharmacodynamics (PD) is the study of the biochemical and physiologic effects of drugs (especially pharmaceutical drugs). The effects can include those manifested within animals (including humans), microorganisms, or combinations of organisms (for example, infection). Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics are the main branches of pharmacology, being itself a topic of biology interested in the study of the interactions between both endogenous and exogenous chemical substances with living organisms. In particular, pharmacodynamics is the study of how a drug affects an organism, whereas pharmacokinetics is the study of how the organism affects the drug. Both together influence dosing, benefit, and adverse effects. Pharmacodynamics is sometimes abbreviated as PD and pharmacokinetics as PK, especially in combined reference (for example, when speaking of PK/PD models). Pharmacodynamics places particular emphasis on dose–response relationships, that is, the relationships between drug concentration and effect. One dominant example is drug-receptor interactions as modeled by L + R ↽ − − ⇀ LR {\displaystyle {\ce {L + R <=> LR}}} where L, R, and LR represent ligand (drug), receptor, and ligand-receptor complex concentrations, respectively. This equation represents a simplified model of reaction dynamics that can be studied mathematically through tools such as free energy maps.

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1. Pharmacodynamicsnoun

   that branch of pharmacology which considers the mode of action, and the effects, of medicines

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1. Pharmacodynamics

   Pharmacodynamics is the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs on the body or on microorganisms or parasites within or on the body and the mechanisms of drug action and the relationship between drug concentration and effect. One dominant example is drug-receptor interactions as modeled by where L=ligand, R=receptor, reaction dynamics that can be studied mathematically through tools such as free energy maps. Pharmacodynamics is often summarized as the study of what a drug does to the body, whereas pharmacokinetics is the study of what the body does to a drug. Pharmacodynamics is sometimes abbreviated as "PD", while pharmacokinetics can be referred to as "PK". See PK/PD models.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pharmacodynamics
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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacodynamics
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pharmacodynamics
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=pharmacodynamics