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Pharmacogenetics
Pronunciation
Definition 1
The study of how a person’s genes affect the way he or she responds to drugs. Pharmacogenetics is being used to learn ahead of time what the best drug or the best dose of a drug will be for a person. Also called pharmacogenomics. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
The investigation of the influence of variations in DNA sequence on drug response. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 3
Study of the way drugs interact with genetic makeup or the study of genetic response to a drug. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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