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Pharmacology
Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| study of drugs including their origins, properties, action, and effects on the body. | Pharmacology |
| a substance that changes the way of living organism functions. | Drug or Medicine |
| drug action on a living system is known as? | Pharmacologic effect |
| a drug that can be used to treat a disease or relieve symptoms of a disease. | Therapeutic agent |
| prevent infection, disease, condition like pregnancy, disease symptoms or condition, which a drug is beneficial or not and maybe do harm, could be a precaution. | Prophylaxis or Prophylactic drugs |
| study and identification of natural sources for drugs is called? | Pharmacognosy |
| drugs are derived from a variety of sources. give those 5 and give examples in each | animals; armour thyroid, plant; aspirin, fungi or molds; penicillin, minerals; calcium, iron, magnesium, and more, and chemicals; tylenol |
| is a type of DNA that has been formed in a laboratory by combining two or more different strands of DNA from diffferent organisms. | rDNA |
| produced |