pharmacokinetics

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.PT06835
  1. Process of the @[email protected] of drugs by the body, the @[email protected] they undergo, the distribution of the drugs and their @[email protected] in the tissues, and the @[email protected] of the drugs and their metabolites from the body over a period of time.
  2. Study of such processes.
Source:
PAC, 2004, 76, 1033. (Glossary of terms used in toxicokinetics (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)) on page 1064 [Terms] [Paper]
This definition replaces an earlier definition of pharmacokinetics.