pharm
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8.8
- noun
- /fɑrm/
- Informal
:
farmacia
- After graduation, he will work in a lab researching the effects of drugs in his Pharm program.
- pharm party
Examples
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She decided to specialize in pharmacology after completing her Pharm studies.
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It's Pharm D or nothing when one enters pharmacy school now.
Blog text (4) -
This issue's Distinctive Image photographer is a biochemist living in Singapore with a B Pharm and B Sc.
Academic text (2004) -
Our following talk was on pharmacological pharm GKB stuff from Russ Ortman to find patterns in in abstracts of published articles.
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Also, in the last decade, some clever administrator found a way to make some extra cash: add one extra semester of classes to the bachelor's degree and add one extra semester of externship (free labor) and call it the Pharm D program (Doctor of Pharmacy).
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Balsano C, Alisi A. 2009. Antioxidant effects of natural bioactive compounds. Curr Pharm Des 15:3063-3073.
Academic text (2012) -
Many students aspire to earn a Pharm degree to pursue a career in pharmacology.
Synonyms
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6.1
The study of medicines and how they affect living things
An informal name for the study of drugs and how they affect living things
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pharm is a short, informal form of the word pharmacology and it comes from the old Greek word pharmakon meaning 'medicine'. So in university use, pharm means the study of medicines and how they affect the body.