Definition that contains acol
- toxicology the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons
- pharmacological of or relating to pharmacology
- tincture (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
- formulary (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation
- placebo effect any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs
- thurifer an acolyte who carries a thurible
- anacoluthic of or related to syntactic inconsistencies of the sort known as anacoluthons
- otto loewi United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961)
- congenital megacolon congenital condition in which the colon does not have the normal network of nerves; there is little urge to defecate so the feces accumulate and cause megacolon
- psychopharmacological of or relating to psychopharmacology