The nurse would use which of the following terms when referring to the study of the effects of drugs within a living system?

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Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action, where a drug can be broadly defined as any man-made, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemical or physiological effect on the cell, tissue, organ, or organism. Thus, it is the science of the interactions between drugs and living systems.

The Nurse Would Use Which of the Following Terms When