pharmacology Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
    pharmacological medicine; materia medica.

WordNet

Phar`ma*col"o*gy noun
Etymology
Gr. drug + -logy: cf. F. pharmacologie.
Definitions
  1. Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.
  2. A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.

Webster 1913