pharmacophore etymology

English word pharmacophore comes from English -phore (Bearer, carrier or conveyor.), English pharmaco- (Medication.)

Detailed word origin of pharmacophore

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-phore English (eng) Bearer, carrier or conveyor.
pharmaco- English (eng) Medication.
pharmacophore English (eng) (pharmacology) The molecular framework responsible for a drug's biological activity.

Words with the same origin as pharmacophore

Descendants of -phore
adenophorous androphore carpophore chromophore electrophore gametophore iodophor luminophore mechanophore myophore necrophore nectophore odontophore onomatophore oophore oöphore phagophore photophore pogonophore polyphore rhinophoral semantophore siderophore zygophore
Descendants of pharmaco-
environment geoenvironmental paleoenvironmental pharmacochemical pharmacochemistry pharmacoepidemiological pharmacoepidemiology pharmacogenetic pharmacoinformatics pharmacokinetic pharmacological pharmacology pharmacomania pharmacometabolomic pharmacometabonomics pharmaconutrient pharmacopathogenic pharmacophagy pharmacophilia pharmacoresistance pharmacoterrorism pharmacotherapeutic pharmacotoxicity pharmacovigilant