That branch of medical science concerned with the sources, preparation, properties, and uses of the drugs in preventing, diagnosing, treating, and controlling diseases, toxicology; pharmacognosy.
The study of drugs or dosages as used in treatment.
Study of the origins, preparation, uses, and effects of drugs and other substances used therapeutically in medicine.
The study of drugs used in medicine, which includes pharmacognosy, pharmacy, pharmacology, and therapeutics.
The branch of medical study that deals with drugs, their sources, preparations, and uses; pharmacology.