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Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. pharmacokinetics. the study of the movement of drugs in the body, including the processes of absorption, distribution, localization in tissues, biotransformation, and excretion. adj., adj pharmacokinetÂ´ic.
6 Concepts in Clinical Pharmacokinetics. PHARMACOKINETIC MODELS The handling of a drug by the body can be very complex,as several processes (such as absorption, distribution,metabolism, and elimination) work to alter drug concen-trations in tissues and ï¬uids. Simpliï¬cations of body pro-cesses are necessary to predict a drugâs behavior in thebody.