Qualifier English: | pharmacology | ||||
Qualifier Spanish: |
farmacología
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Qualifier Portuguese: | farmacologia | ||||
Qualifier French: | pharmacologie | ||||
Entry term(s): |
mechanism of action mode of action pharmacodynamics pharmacologic action |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000494 | ||||
Scope note: | Used with drugs and exogenously administered chemical substances for their effects on living tissues and organisms. It includes acceleration and inhibition of physiological and biochemical processes and other pharmacologic mechanisms of action. |
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Annotation: | subhead only; with exogenous chemicals only; includes "effect", "mechanism of action", "mode of action"; not for pharmacokinetics ( = /pharmacokinetics); see also /adverse effects, /poisoning & /toxicity; see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.54; DF: /pharmacol or /PD |
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Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||
Online Note: | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/PD or PD (SH) or SUBS APPLY PD; use /pharmacology or /PD to search /pharmacodynamics back thru 1966 |
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History Note: | 88; was /pharmacodynamics 1966-87; used with Category D 1966 forward |
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Entry Version: | PHARMACOL |
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Abbreviation: | PD | ||||
DeCS ID: | 22078 | ||||
Unique ID: | Q000494 | ||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||
Date of Entry: | 1973/12/27 | ||||
Revision Date: | 2003/07/24 |
pharmacology
- Preferred
pharmacologic action
- Narrower
pharmacodynamics
- Narrower
Concept UI |
M0030702 |
Scope note | Used with drugs and exogenously administered chemical substances for their effects on living tissues and organisms. It includes acceleration and inhibition of physiological and biochemical processes and other pharmacologic mechanisms of action. |
Preferred term | pharmacology |
Entry term(s) |
mechanism of action mode of action |
Concept UI |
M0030704 |
Preferred term | pharmacologic action |
Concept UI |
M0030703 |
Preferred term | pharmacodynamics |
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