pharmacoenvironmentology

English

Etymology

pharmaco- +‎ environment +‎ -ology

Noun

pharmacoenvironmentology (uncountable)

1. (medicine) a branch of pharmacology and pharmacovigilance that deals entry of chemicals or drugs into the environment after elimination from humans and animals as post-therapy. It deals specifically with those pharmacological agents that have impact on the environment via elimination through living organisms subsequent to pharmacotherapy.
2. The environmental impact of a specific drug.

Derived terms

• pharmacologic
• pharmacological
• pharmacologically
• pharmacologist
• environment