Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polypharmacology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polyphar-ma-col-o-gy
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The presence of multiple pharmacologies (targets, modes of action etc) in a single drug

Example Sentences

"While several classes of kinase inhibitors are highly selective (MEK, covalent modifying kinase inhibitors) many possess a vast polypharmacology across the kinome target-scape."

Etymology

From poly- + pharmacology.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: poly

Inflected Forms

polypharmacologies (plural)

Questions

What does polypharmacology mean?: The presence of multiple pharmacologies (targets, modes of action etc) in a single drug
Where does polypharmacology come from?: From poly- + pharmacology.

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