Pharmacokinetics

**Semantic type:** Research Activity

**Definition:** The quantitative analysis of the characteristic processes of a drug within biological systems, as affected by absorption, distribution, binding, biotransformation, elimination, and excretion that determine the time course of drug action in response to an administered drug dose.

**Synonyms:** - PK - PK - Pharmacokinetic (PK) study - pharmacokinetics - pharmacokinetics