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PHARMACOGENETICS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The branch of genetics that studies the genetically determined variations in responses to drugs in humans or laboratory organisms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pharmacogenetics" is a kind of...):
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)