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Vocabulary
Ch.1/wk1
| vocabulary | Definition |
|---|---|
| Drug Indication | the exact reason for use of a drug |
| Antagonist | Agent that prevents an agonist from binding to a receptor |
| Toxicology | study of poison and poisonings |
| overdose | toxic dose of a drug that causes harm |
| adverse effects | harmful effect |
| Tolerance | reduced responsivness to a drug |
| toxicity | refers to a drugs ability to poison the body |
| pharmacology | study of drugs, their actions and effect on the body |
| anaphylatic shock | servire idosyncratic reaction |
| pharmacy | study of prepaing and despencing medication |
| Analgesic | relieves pain |
| Anisthetic | partially or completely numbs or eliminates sensativity with or without lost of conciousness |
| antibiotic | use to teat infection by killing or inhibitioning the growth of disease bacterias. |
| anticoagulant | prevents or delays blood clotting |
| antidepressant | prevents, cures or allieviates mental depression |
| antidiabetic | prevents or relieves symtoms of diabeties |
| antidiarrheal | prevents or treats diarrheal |
| antidiuretic | agents that suppress the formation fo urine |
| antiemetic | agent that preventsor releives nausia and vomiting |
| antihistamine | opposes the action of histamine allergic reactions |
| antitussive | prevents or relieves coughing |
| bronchodilator | a drug that expands the bronci by relaxing the brochial muscles |
| hypnotic | induces sleep or dulls the senses |
| laxative | prevents or treats constipation |
| sedative | exerts soothing or tranqulatic effect on the body |
| phamacognosy | the study of drugs derived from herbal and other natural sources |
| Adverse effect | harmful |
| adverse reaction | one in which the body reacts to a drug in an unexpected way (that is harmful) |
| pharmacodynamics | the effects of a drug on the body or organism |
| pharmacokinetics | the study of the absorption, distribution, biotransformation, metabolism, and excretion of drugs |
| Half-life | the time taken for the blood or plasma concentration of the drug to decrease from full to one-half |
| diurnal body rhythms | affect the intensity of a person's response to a drug |
| receptor | the cell recipient. |
| lungs | important for the exretion of alcohol |
| breast milk | important for the excretion of aspirin, barbituarates and other drugs |
| sweat, tears, urine, and feces | another route of excreting drugs |
| ADR | Adverse Drug Reaction |
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rmcdonald
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