DISEASE PROCESS PHARMACOLOGY TERMS
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| AMPULE | A SMALL SLENDER, ALL GLASS CONTAINER WITH A NARROW CONTAINING CERTAIN LIQUID DRUGS FOR INJECTION OR INTERVENOUS USE
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| ANALGESIC | A DRUG THAT SUPPRESSES PAIN WITHOUT SEDATION
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| ANESTHETIC, GENERAL | A DRUG THAT ELIMINATES PAIN AND VOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTROL BY INDUCING UNCONCONSCIOUSNESS
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| ANESTHETIC, LOCAL | A DRUG THAT ELIMINATES PAIN PERCEPTION IN A LIMITED OR LOCAL AREA
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| ANTIBIOTIC | A DRUG USED TO TREAT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
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| ANTIDEPRESSANT | A PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC DRUG THAT PRODUCES MOOD ELEVATION
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| ANTIFUNGAL | A DRUG USED TO TREAT FUNGAL INFECTIONS
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| ANTIHISTAMINE | A DRUG USED TO DECREASE THE SYMPTOMS OF INFLAMMATION CAUSE BY AN ALLERGIC REACTION
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| ANTIHYPERTENSIVE | A DRUG THAT LOWERS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
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| ANTI-INFLAMMATORY | A DRUG USED TO DECREASE THE SYMPTOMS OF INFLAMMATION
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| ANTINEOPLASTIC | A DRUG THAT IS SELECTIVELY TOXIC TO RAPIDLY DIVIDING MALIGNANT CELLS USED TO TREAT CANCER
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| ANTIPRURITIC | A DRUG THAT PREVENTS OR RELIEVES ITCHING
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| ANTISPASMODIC | A DRUG THAT USED TO STOP THE SPASMS OF VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY MUSCLES
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| ANTITUSSIVE | A DRUG THAT SUPPRESSES COUGHING
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| ANTIVIRAL | A DRUG USED TO TREAT VIRAL INFECTIONS
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| BRONCHODILATOR | A DRUG THAT RELAXES THE SMOOT MUSCLE AROUND THE BRONCHI AND DILATES THEM TO INCREASE AIR FLOW TO THE LUNGS
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| CORTICOSTEROID | A DRUG THAT DECREASES SEVERE INFLAMMATION OR ITCHING BY SUPPRESSING THE RESPONSE OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
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| DECONGESTANT | A DRUG THAT DECREASES CONGESTION OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES IN THE SINUSES AND NOSE
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| DISINFECTANT | AN AGENT THAT IS USED TO KILL MICROORGANISMS ON SURFACES AND INSTRUMENTS
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| DIURETIC | A DRUG USED TO TREAT EDEMA AND HYPERTENSION BY CAUSING THE KIDNEYS TO EXCRETE MORE SODIUM AND WATER
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| DS | ABBREVIATION FOR DOUBLE STRENGTH
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| DURACAP | A TERM USED TO DESIGNATE A TIME-RELEASE CAPSULE
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| ER | ABBREVIATION OF EXTENDED RELEASE
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| EXPECTORANT | A DRUG THAT THINS MUCUS IN THE RESPIRATORY TRACT TO MAKE IT EASIER TO COUGH IT UP
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| EXTENCAPS/TABS | A TERM USED TO DESIGNATE A TIME-RELEASE CAPSULE OR TABLET
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| GYROCAP | A TERM USED TO DESIGNATE A SLOW RELEASE CAPSULE
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| INFATAB | A TERM USED TO DESIGNATE A CHEWABLE TABLET THAT CONTAINS A PEDIATRIC-SIZE DOSAGE OF DRUG
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| KAPSEALS | A TERM USED TO DESIGNATE A BANDED CAPSULE
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| LIQUI-GELS | A TERM USED TO DESIGNATE A CAPSULE WITH A LIQUID DRUG
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| LA | ABBREVIATION FOR LONG-ACTING
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| PLACEBO | A PLACEBO HAS NO PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION; NO THERAPEUTIC EFFECT; NO SIDE EFFECTS. USE IN CLINICAL TRIALS
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| PROPHYLAXIS | A DRUG GIVEN BEFORE THE ONSET OF A DISEASE OR CONDITION TO PREVENT OCCURRENCE
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| REPETABS | A TERM USED TO DESIGNATE A SUSTAINED-RELEASE TABLET
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| SA | A ABBREVIATION FOR SUSTAINED ACTION
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| SEQUELS | A TERM USED TO DESIGNED A SLOW-RELEASE CAPSULE
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| SPANSULES | A TERM TO DESIGNATE A SLOW-RELEASE CAPSULE
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| SR | ABBREVIATION FOR SLOW RELEASE OR SUSTAINED RELEASE
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| VASODILATOR | A DRUG THAT RELAXES THE SMOOT MUSCLE OF BLOOD VESSELS TO IMPROVE BLOOD FLOW
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| VASOPRESSOR | A DRUG THAT CONSTRICTS THE SMOOTH MUSCLE OF BLOOD VESSELS TO INCREASE BLOOD PRESSURE
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