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Pharm Lesson 8
The following are activities related to the key terms for the chapter.
Question | Answer |
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Antineoplastic | Agent that prevents the development, growth, or spreading of malignant cells |
Benign | Not recurrent or progressive; nonmalignant |
Chemotherapy | Chemicals (drugs) with specific and toxic effects upon disease-producing organisms |
Cytotoxic | Destroys cells |
Immunosuppressive | Decreasing the production of antibodies and phagocytes and depressing the inflammatory reaction |
Malignant | Growing worse, resisting treatment; said of cancerous growths |
Palliative | Referring to alleviation of symptoms, but not producing a cure |
Proliferation | Rapid reproduction |