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MDA 106 Terminology
Sequence 3 Week 1
Question | Answer |
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Anaphylaxis | Severe Allergic Reaction |
Status Asthmaticus | Severe asthma attack that does not respond to medication |
Contraindication | Why a drug or therapy should not be used |
Antagonism | Works against each other |
Compounding | Combining two or more substances in definite proportions |
Precipitate | Substances in particles that separate in time |
Stridor | Crowing sound heard on inspiration, the result of an upper airway obstruction |
Pharmacology | Study of drugs. The science concerned with the history, origin, sources, physical and chemical properties, and use of drugs and their effects on living organisms |
Parenteral | Any other method besides oral |
Hypoxemia | lack of oxygen in the blood |
Sublingual | Under the tongue |
Urticaria | Hives |
Pruritus | Itchiness |
Buccal | Between the cheeks and gums |
Synergism | Total effect is greater than the individual |
gtt | drop |
elix | elixir |
Rx | prescription |
syr | syrup |
PDR | Physicians Desk Reference |
NaCl | Sodium Chloride |
ss | one half |
NIDDM | Noninsulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
Sig | Signature |
supp | suppository |