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PHARMACEUTICALS

CLASSIFICATION DEFINITIONS

WORDDEFINITION
PHARMACODYNAMICS STUDY OF HOW DRUGS INTERACT IN THE HUMAN BODY
PHARMACOKINETICS THE STUDY OF THE ABSORPTION, DISTINCTION, BIOTRANSFORMATION AND EXCRETION OF DRUGS
PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS STUDY OF HOW DRUGS ARE USED IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE IN THE HUMAN BODY
PHARMACY STUDY OF PREPARING AND DISPENSING MEDICATIONS
POSOLOGY STUDY OF POISONS, THEIR DETECTION, THEIR EFFECTS AND ESTABLISHING ANTIDOTES AND METHODS OF TREATMENT FOR CONDITIONS THEY PRODUCE
PHARMACOGNOSY STUDY OF DRUGS DERIVED FROM HERBAL AND OTHER NATURAL SOURCES
MEDICATION AND MEDICINE REFER TO DRUGS MIXED IN A FORMATION WITH OTHER INGREDIENTS TO IMPROVE THE STABILITY, TASTE, OR PHYSICAL FORM TO ALLOW APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ACIVE DRUG
PHARMACOLOGY DEALS WITH ALL OF THE DRUGS IN SOCIETY TODAY. THOSE ARE LEGAL, ILLEGAL, RX AND OTC
BLOOD THE MOST COMMONLY SAMPLED BODILY FLUID USED TO CHARACTERIZE THE PHARMACOLOGIC ACTION OF DRUGS
ANALGESIC RELIEVES PAIN
ANESTETIC PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY NUMBS OR ELIMINATES SENSITIVITY WITH OR WITHOUT THE LOSE OF CONCIOUSNESS
ANTIBIOTIC USED TO TREAT INFECTION BY KILLING OR INHIBITING DESEASE CAUSING BACTERIA
ANTICOAGULANT PREVENT OR DELAYS BLOOD CLOTTING
ANTIDIABETIC PREVENTS OR RELIEVES SYSTOMS OF DIABETES
ANTIDIARRHEAL PREVENTS OR TREATS DIARRHEA
ANTIDIURETIC AGENT THAT SUPPRESSES THE FORMATION OF URINE
ANTINEOPLASTIC PREVENTS THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF MALIGNANT CELLS
BETA BLOCKER TREATS HYPERTENSION, ANGINA, AND VARIOUS ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHMS
BRONCHODILATOR DRUG THAT EXPANDS THE BRONCHI BY EXPANDING THE BRONCHIAL MUSCLES
HYPNOTIC INDUCES SLEEP OR DULLS THE SENSES
LAXATIVE PREVENTS OR TREATS CONSTIPATION
SEDATIVE EXERTS A SOOTHING, TRANQUILIZING EFFECT ON THE BODY
SMR RELIEVES TENSION IN THE SKELETAL MUSCLES
VITAMIN PREVENTS AND TREATS VITAMIN DIFFEIENCY AND USED AS DIETARY SUPPLIMENTS
Created by: awilliams
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