ethnopharmacology

ethnopharmacology
The study of differences in response to drugs based on varied ethnicity; pharmacogenetics.

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eth·no·phar·ma·col·o·gy (eth″no-fahr″mə-kolґə-je) the systematic study of the use of medicinal plants by specific cultural groups.

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