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  • Pharmokinetics

    The body’s attempt to minimize the effects of drags by increasing its metabolic activity to break down the drugs into inert parts.  

  • Pharmacy

    The science concerned with the compounding and dispensing of drugs. The science, art and practice of preparing, preserving, compounding, dispensing and giving appropriate instruction in the use of drugs; a place where pharmacy is practiced. The study of the making and dispensing of drugs. A shop or department in a hospital where drugs are prepared.…

  • Pharmacodynamic tolerance

    The body’s attempt to adapt to, accommodate, and oppose the effects produced by drugs.  

  • Pharmacist

    A druggist. A professional person qualified by education and authorized by law (usually by obtaining a license) to practice pharmacy. A trained person who is qualified to prepare medicines according to the instructions on a doctor’s prescription. Specialist in formulating and dispensing drugs. A person who is qualified by examination and registered and authorized to…

  • Pharmaceutical industry

    The industries that are concerned with research for new drugs, improvement of existing drugs, marketing, labeling, and quality control in the manufacturing and distribution of drugs.  

  • Phantom pain

    Pain that is experienced by some individuals from a missing limb, as if it were still attached.  

  • Phantastica

    A term describing hallucinogenic drugs that alter perceptions but do not impair real-world interaction.  

  • Phalloplasty

    Surgical creation of a structure that resembles a penis. A surgical operation to repair a damaged or deformed penis. Surgical repair or reconstruction of the penis done to treat congenital abnormality or injury. Surgical reconstruction or repair of the penis. It is required for con genital deformity of the penis, as in hypospadias or epispadias,…

  • Phallic worship

    Worship of images of the penis.  

  • Phallic symbol

    Any object that resembles the erect penis. An object that bears some resemblance to the penis.  

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