pharmacovigilance

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pharmacovigilance

  • /ˌfɑːməkəʊˈvɪd͡ʒɪl(ə)ns/ UK
  • /ˌfɑɹməkoʊˈvɪd͡ʒɪl(ə)ns/ US

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From pharmaco- + vigilance.

noun

  1. uncountable The detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines. In our experience, a request concerning suspected drug toxicity (or an adverse effect) needs to be dealt with in greater detail than other chemical agents, to obtain information on the animals affected (species, breed, age, physiological and pathological status) and on the suspect product (conformit

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noun detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines

Españolfarmacovigilancia
Portuguêsfarmacovigilância
Françaispharmacovigilance
DeutschPharmakovigilanz
Italianofarmacovigilanza
Tiếng Việtcảnh giác dược
العربيةصيدلة احتراسية, اليَقَظةُ الدَّوائِيَّة al-yaqaẓatu d-dawāʔiyya

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@misc{pharmacovigilance_2026,
  title = {pharmacovigilance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pharmacovigilance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}