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WEEK 5 TERMINOLOGY
TERMINOLOGY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CONDITION IN WHICH THE THYROID IS ENLARGED BECAUSE OF LACK OF IODINE OR BECAUSE OF A TUMOR | GOITER |
| UPTAKE OF MEDICATIONS INTO THE BODY THROUGH OR ACROSS TISSUE | ABSORPTION |
| THE AMOUNT THE PATIENT IS TO PAY FOR EACH PRESCRIPITION; AKA COPAY | COPAYMENT |
| STATE OR PROPERTY OF HAVING THE SAME STRENGHTH AND AVAILABILITY FOR ABSORPTION IN THE BODY AS THE SAME DOSAGE OF ANOTHER AVAILABLE SOURCE OF THAT DRUG | BIOEQUIVALENCE |
| STUDY OF DRUG EFECT IN HUMANS | CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY |
| CONDITION IN WHICH USE OF GIVEN MEDICATION SHOULD BE AVOIDED. EX NITRATES AND VIAGRA | CONTRAINDICATION |
| REASON TO USE A PARTICULAR DRUG FOR A PARTICULAR PROBLEM EX BACTRIM FOR UTI | INDICATION |
| MISTAKE MADE IN PRESCRIBING, ADMINISTERING, OR DISPENSIN A MEDICATION | MEDICATION ERROR |
| AN INFECTION ACQUIRED BY PATIENTS WHEN THEY ARE IN THE HOSPITAL | NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION |
| ABSENCE OR SUPPRESSION OF MENSES | AMENORRHEA |
| MEDICATION CARRIED VIA A SOLID DOSE FORM INSERTED INTO A BODY ORIFICE SUCH AS THE VAGINA URETHA, OR RECTUM | SUPPOSITORY |
| TABLET DESIGNED TO DISSOLVE UNDER THE TOUNGE | SUBLINGUAL TABLET |
| MEDICATION IN THE FORM OF UNDISSOLVED PARTICLES DISPERSED IN THE LIQUID VEHICLE | SUSPENSION |
| HARD DISK OF MEDICATION DESIGNATED TO HARD DISSOLVE IN THE MOUTH FOR LOCAL EFFECT; SIMILAR OR LOZENGE | TROCHE |
| CLEAR, SWEETENED, FLAVORED MEDICATION CONTAINING SLCOHOL AND WATER | ELIXIR |
| TABLET WITH SUGAR OR FLAVORED BASE, DESIGNED TO BE CHEWED | CHEWABLE TABLET |
| SMALL GELATIN CONTAINER FILLED WITH MEDICATION IN POWDER OR GRANULE FORM | CAPSULE |
| LONG, OBLONG TABLET WITH A SMOOTH FILM-COATING COVERING FOR EASE OF SWALLOWING | CAPLET |
| LIQUID IN A PRESSURIZED CONTAINER THE DISPENSES MEDIATION TO SITED OF ABSORPTION | AREOSOL |
| DRIED POWDER FORM OF MEDICATION THAT HAS BEEN COMPRESSED INTO A SMALL DISK | TABLET |