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Chapter 5 Pharm Def
Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Perception | the physical components of pain |
| Reaction | the psychologic component of pain |
| Antipyretic | ability to reduce a fever: affect the hypothalamus (controls the body temperature) |
| Antiinflammatory | ability to reduce inflammation |
| Uricosuric | ability to increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine |
| antiplatelet | ability to inhibit the aggregation (clumping) of platelets in the blood. |
| analgesic | ability to reduce or relieve pain. |
| PGE | Prostaglandins, which are lipids produced by cells during inflammation and can sensitive the pain receptors. |
| TNF-⍺ - | a cytokine that is released by cells during the inflammatory response in periodontal disease |