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PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study of drugs that affect the mind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("psychopharmacology" is a kind of...):
materia medica; pharmacological medicine; pharmacology (the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects)
Derivation:
psychopharmacological (of or relating to psychopharmacology)