pharmacogenetics
noun
phar·ma·co·ge·net·ics ˌfär-mə-kō-je-ˈne-tiks 
plural in form but singular in construction
: the study of how genetic differences among individuals cause varied responses to a drug
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Wojcicki said the company will train Lemonaid doctors in how to integrate genetic risk reports and pharmacogenetics into care. 
Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021 Wojcicki said the company will train Lemonaid doctors in how to integrate genetic risk reports and pharmacogenetics into care. Fortune, 22 Oct. 2021 Researchers of pharmacogenetics — the science that studies how genetic factors affect reactions to drugs — stress that medicine could produce different results based on race and genetic, socioeconomic and environmental dynamics. NBC News, 17 June 2020
Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021 Wojcicki said the company will train Lemonaid doctors in how to integrate genetic risk reports and pharmacogenetics into care. Fortune, 22 Oct. 2021 Researchers of pharmacogenetics — the science that studies how genetic factors affect reactions to drugs — stress that medicine could produce different results based on race and genetic, socioeconomic and environmental dynamics. NBC News, 17 June 2020 Word History
First Known Use
1960, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
pharmacogenetics
noun, plural in form but singular in construction
phar·ma·co·ge·net·ics -jə-ˈnet-iks
: the study of how genetic differences among individuals cause varied responses to a drug
The major development that is helping to individualize therapy is the continuing advance of pharmacogenetics and its application to clinical problems. Marcus M. Reidenberg, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Marcus M. Reidenberg, The Journal of the American Medical Association