Etymology

chronopharmacodynamics

Today it means: The study of how the effects of drugs are modified based on the time at which they are administered. Full definition →

English pharmacodynamics ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)
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  1. Ancient Greekχρόνος (khrónos)
  2. Englishchrono-
  3. Ancient Greekφάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)
  4. Englishpharmaco-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  6. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  7. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  8. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  9. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  10. Frenchdynamique
  11. Englishdynamic
  12. Englishdynamics
  13. Englishpharmacodynamics
  14. English todaychronopharmacodynamics

From chrono- + pharmacodynamics.

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