See Also: pharmaco-(dictionary)
pharmaco-(medicine)
boom(4)(dictionary)
sis-boom-bah(dictionary)
boom(6)(dictionary)
boom(5)(dictionary)
boom(3)(dictionary)
boom(2)(dictionary)
boom(1)(dictionary)
BOOM(finance)

boom(3) (iou) and pharmaco- (iou)


boom(3) (iou)



boom noun3. [bu:m] Orig. US. L19.
[Prob. from BOOM verb1.]
A sudden increase or development esp. in business or economic activity; a rapid rise in the price of a commodity, in profits, etc.
boom and bust (a cycle of) great prosperity followed by economic slump.
attrib.: R. Lowell The riska small one in those boom yearsof resigning from the Navy.
Comb.: boom town a town owing its origin, growth, or prosperity to a boom in some commodity or activity.
boomlet noun a small boom, esp. on a stock exchange L19.
boomy adjective2 of or pertaining to a boom in business etc. L19.

pharmaco- (iou)



pharmaco- combining form.
[Greek pharmako- combining form of pharmakon drug, medicine, poison: see -O-.]
Forming nouns and adjectives, with the sense 'drugs'.
pharmacody'namic adjective of or pertaining to pharmacodynamics L19.
pharmacody'namically adverb as regards pharmacodynamics E20.
pharmacody'namics noun the branch of pharmacology that deals with the effects of drugs and the mechanism of their action M19.
pharmacoge'netic adjective of or pertaining to pharmacogenetics M20.
pharmacoge'neticist noun an expert or specialist in pharmacogenetics L20.
pharmacoge'netics noun the branch of pharmacology that deals with the effect of genetic factors on reactions to drugs M20.
pharmacoge'nomics noun the branch of genetics concerned with determining the likely response of an individual to therapeutic drugs L20.
pharmacoki'netic adjective of or pertaining to pharmacokinetics M20.
pharmacoki'netically adverb as regards pharmacokinetics L20.
pharmacoki'netics noun the branch of pharmacology that deals with the movement of drugs within the body M20.
pharmaco'therapy noun medical treatment by means of drugs E20.