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What is the definition of a drug?
A substance that interacts with the body to exert effects
Which term refers to the study of what the body does to drugs?
Pharmacokinetics
What do we call the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs?
Pharmacodynamics
What defines the therapeutic effects of a drug?
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Which term is used to describe the effects that are harmful and undesired alongside the therapeutic effects of a drug?
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Which term refers to the quantity of drug needed to diagnose, prevent, or treat a disease?
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Pharmacokinetics is the study of what the body does to drugs.
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The mechanism of action of a drug refers to how the drug exerts its therapeutic effects.
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Dosage refers to the quantity of drug needed to diagnose a disease.
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Pharmacodynamics studies the effects that drugs have on the body.
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Side effects are always beneficial and desired alongside the therapeutic effects of a drug.
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Drug is a substance that interacts with inanimate objects to exert its effects.
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