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bonewit chapter 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adverse reaction | An unintended and undesirable effect produced by a drug |
| Allergen | A substance that is capable of causing an allergic reaction |
| Allergy | An abnormal hypersensativity of the body to substances that are ordinarily harmless |
| Ampule | A small sealed glasss container that holds a single dose of medication |
| Anaphylactic reaction | A serious allergic reaction that requires immediate treatmet |
| Autoimmune disease | A condition in which the body's immune system produces anitbodies that attack the body's own cells. The cause is unknown |
| Chemotherapy | The use of chemicals to treat disease. Chemotherapy is most often used to refer to the treatment of cancer using antineoplastic medications |
| Controlled drug | A drug that has restrictions placed on it by the federal government because its potential for abuse |
| Conversion | Changing from one system of measurement to another |
| cubic centimeter | The amount of space occupied by 1 millimeter |
| DEA number | A registration number aagined to physicians by the Drug Enforcement Administration for prescribing or dispensing controlled drugs |
| Dose | The quantity of a drug to be administered at one time |
| Drug | A chemical used for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of disease |
| Enternal nutrition | The delivery of nutrients through a tube inserted into the gastrointestinal tract |
| Gauge | The diameter of the lumen of a needle used to adminiter medication |
| Hemophilia | An inherited bleeding disorder caused by a defiency of a clotting factor needed for proper coagulation of the blood |
| Immune globulin | A blood product consisting of pooled human plasma containing antibodies |
| Induration | An are of hardened tissue |
| Infusion | The administration of fluids, medications, or nutrients into a vein |
| Inhalation administration | The administration od medication by way of air or vapor being drawn into the lungs |
| Inscription | The part if a prescription that indicates the name of the drug and the drug dosage |
| Intradermal injection | Introduction of medication into the dermal layer of the skin |
| Intramuscular injection | Introduction of medication into the muscular layer of the body |
| Intravenious (IV) therapy | The sdministration of a liquid agent directly into a patient's vein, where it it distributed throughout the body via the circulatory system |
| Oral administration | Administration of medication by injection |
| Parenteral | Administration of medication by injection |
| Pharmacology | The study of drugs |
| Prescription | A physician's order authorizing the despensing of a drug by a pharmacist |
| Signatura | The part of a presctiption that indicates the information to print on the medication label. |
| Subcutaneous injection | Introduction of medication beneath the skin, into the subcutaneous of fatty layer of the body |
| Sublingual administration | Administration of medication by placing it under the tongue where it dissolves and is absorbed through the mucous membrane |
| Subscription | the part of the perscription that gives directions to the pharmacist and usually designstes the number of doses to be dispensed |
| Topical administration | Application of a drug to a particular spot, usually for a local action |
| Transfusion | The administration of whole blood or blood products through the intravenous route. |
| Vial | A closed glass container with a rubber stopper that holds medications |
| Wheal | A small raised area of skin. |
| superscription | the part of the perscription consisting of the symbol RX (from the latin word recipte, meaning take) |
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