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pharmacokinetic

pharmacokinetic

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The way a drug moves into, around, and out of the body
  • adjective
  • /ˌfɑːrməˌkəʊnɪˈtɪk/
  • Specialized
: farmacocinético
  • So how do tiotropium's pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics translate into addressing these clinical goals?
  • pharmacokinetic properties

Examples

  • Diseases play an important role in the pharmacokinetic variability of drugs in patients.

    Academic text (2016)
  • An important pharmacokinetic consideration for any antiviral agent is its distribution in the body.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The same authors performed pharmacokinetic testing of the interaction in this patient.

    Academic text (2016)
  • This same consideration would be appropriate for agents under development once their pharmacokinetic characteristics are known.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Unique to this antibiotic class is a different pharmacokinetic profile.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Two pharmacokinetic studies have documented the interaction of colesevelam and LT4.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Also, this study discusses the impact of other factors, such as formulation and time of administration, on the pharmacokinetic profile of levothyroxine.

    Academic text (2016)
  • From 2013 to 2017 (in the last five years), oral LT4 formulations have rapidly gained attention because of their pharmacokinetic properties.

    Academic text (2016)
  • In addition, most LAMAs achieve a steady pharmacokinetic state after 1 week, while the onset of action and the time taken to achieve full bronchodilator effect after the first dose have been shown to vary between agents.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Studies reveal how pharmacokinetic properties affect how medications are absorbed and expelled by the body.

Surface Forms

pharmacokinetic positive

Morphology

pharmacokinetic = kinetic (opaque) = pharmaco + kinetic

The combining form 'pharmaco-' is a technical medical prefix and not familiar to average B1 learners, so the full meaning is not predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Pharmacokinetic is made of two Greek parts: pharmaco- from pharmakon meaning 'drug' and -kinetic from kinesis meaning 'movement', the first is the same root as pharmacy and the second is like kinetic energy. So pharmacokinetic describes how a drug 'moves' through the body, how it is absorbed, changed, and removed.