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Question | Answer |
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GOITER | CONDITION IN WHICH THE THYHROID IS ENLARGED BEACUSE OF LACK OF IODINE OR BECAUSE OF A TUMOR |
ABSORPTION | UPTAKE OF MEDICATIONS INTO THE BODY THROUGH OR ACROSS TISSUES |
COPAYMENT | THE AMOUNT A PATIENT IS TO PAY FOR EACH PRESCRIPTION AKA COPAY |
BIOEQUIVALENCE | STATE OR PROPERTY OF HAVING THE SAME STRENGTH AND AVAILIBILITY FOR ABSORPTION IN THE BODY AS THE SAME DOSE OF ANOTEHR AVAILABLE SOURCE OF THAT DRUG |
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY | STUDY OF DRUG EFFECTS IN HUMANS |
CONTRAINDICATION | CONDITION IN WHICH USE OF GIVEN MEDICATION SHOULD BE AVOIDED EX: NITRATES AND VIAGRA |
INDICATION | REASONS TO USE A PATRICULAR DRUG FOR A PARTICULAR PROBLEM IE: BACTRIM FOR UTI |
MEDICAITON ERROR | MISTAKE MADE IN PRESCRIBING, ADMINISTERING OR DESPENSING A MEDICATON, WHICH MAY BE THE INCORRECT DOSE, ROUTE, FAILING TO FILL AS ORDERED |
NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION | AN INFECTION ACQUIRED BY PATIENTS WHEN THEY ARE IN THE HOSPITAL |
AMENORRHEA | ABSENCE OR SUPPRESSION OF MENSES |
SUPPOSITORY | MEDICATION CARRIED VIA A SOLID DOSE FORM INSERTED INTO A BODY ORFACE SUCH AS VAGINA, URTHRA, OR RECTUM |
SUBLINGUAL TABLET | TABLET DESIGNED TO DISSOLVE UNDER THE TONGUE |
SUSPENSION | MEDICATION IN THE FORM OF UNDISSOLVED PARTICLES IN THE LIQUID VEHICLE |
TROCHE | HARD DISK OF MEDICATION DESIGNED TO DISSOLVE IN THE MOUTH FOR LOCAL EFFECT SIMILAR TO A LOZENGE |
ELIXIR | CLEAR, SWEETENED, FLAVORED MEDICATION CONTAINING ALCOHOL AND WATER |
CHEWABLE TABLET | TABLET WITH A SUGAR OR FLAVORED BASE, DESIGNED TO BE CHEWED |
CAPSULE | SMALL GELATIN CONTIANER FILLED WITH MEDICATION IN POWDER OR GRANULE FORM |
CAPLET | LONG, OBLONG TABLET WITH A SMOOTH FILM-COATED COVERING FOR EASE OF SWALLOWING |
AEROSOL | LIQUID IN A PRESSURIZED CONTAINER THT DISPENSES MEDICATION TO SITE OF ABSORPTION |
TABLET | DRIED POWDER FORM OF MEDICATION THT HAS BEEN COMPRESSED INTO A SMALL DISK |