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pharmacovigilance

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌfɑːməkəʊˈvɪd͡ʒɪl(ə)ns/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌfɑɹməkoʊˈvɪd͡ʒɪl(ə)ns/

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noun

Meaning 1

The detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From pharmaco- + vigilance.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صيدلة احتراسية — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines
  • Arabic: اليَقَظةُ الدَّوائِيَّة (al-yaqaẓatu d-dawāʔiyya) — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines
  • Catalan: farmacovigilància — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines
  • Dutch: medicatiebewaking — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines
  • French: pharmacovigilance — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines
  • German: Pharmakovigilanz — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines
  • Italian: farmacovigilanza — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines
  • Latvian: farmakovigilance — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines
  • Macedonian: фармаковигиланца (farmakovigilanca) — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines
  • Persian: مراقبتهای دارویی — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines
  • Portuguese: farmacovigilância — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines
  • Slovene: fármakovigilánca — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines
  • Spanish: farmacovigilancia — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines
  • Swedish: farmakovigilans — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines
  • Tamil: மருந்தாக்கியல் கண்காணிப்பு (maruntākkiyal kaṇkāṇippu) — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines
  • Vietnamese: cảnh giác dược — detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines