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Pharmacy Vocabulary
Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Synthetic | with chemicals, combining simpler chemicals into more complex compounds, creating a new chemical not found in nature as a result (man made product result) |
| Pharmacology | the study of drugs-their properties, uses, application, and effects |
| Pharmacognosy | the study of physical,chemical,biochemical & biological properties of drugs as well as the search for new drugs from natural sources;branch of pharmacology that deals with drugs in their crude or natural state and with medicinal herbs & plants |
| Materia Medica | generally pharmacology, but also referred to the drugs in use |
| Pharmacopeia | an authoritative listing of drugs and issues related to their use; book of drugs |
| Pharmaceutical | of or about drugs; a drug product |
| Panacea | a cure-all; a remedy for all disease or ills |
| Antitoxin | a substance that acts against a toxin in the body;a vaccine containing antitoxins,used to fight disease |
| Antibiotic | a substance which harms or kills micro-organisms like bacteria or fungi |
| Hormone | chemicals produced by the body that regulate body functions and processes |
| Human Genome | the complete set of of genetic material contained in a human cell |