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HIT 57
DISEASE PROCESS PHARMACOLOGY TERMS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AMPULE | A SMALL SLENDER, ALL GLASS CONTAINER WITH A NARROW CONTAINING CERTAIN LIQUID DRUGS FOR INJECTION OR INTERVENOUS USE |
| ANALGESIC | A DRUG THAT SUPPRESSES PAIN WITHOUT SEDATION |
| ANESTHETIC, GENERAL | A DRUG THAT ELIMINATES PAIN AND VOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTROL BY INDUCING UNCONCONSCIOUSNESS |
| ANESTHETIC, LOCAL | A DRUG THAT ELIMINATES PAIN PERCEPTION IN A LIMITED OR LOCAL AREA |
| ANTIBIOTIC | A DRUG USED TO TREAT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS |
| ANTIDEPRESSANT | A PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC DRUG THAT PRODUCES MOOD ELEVATION |
| ANTIFUNGAL | A DRUG USED TO TREAT FUNGAL INFECTIONS |
| ANTIHISTAMINE | A DRUG USED TO DECREASE THE SYMPTOMS OF INFLAMMATION CAUSE BY AN ALLERGIC REACTION |
| ANTIHYPERTENSIVE | A DRUG THAT LOWERS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE |
| ANTI-INFLAMMATORY | A DRUG USED TO DECREASE THE SYMPTOMS OF INFLAMMATION |
| ANTINEOPLASTIC | A DRUG THAT IS SELECTIVELY TOXIC TO RAPIDLY DIVIDING MALIGNANT CELLS USED TO TREAT CANCER |
| ANTIPRURITIC | A DRUG THAT PREVENTS OR RELIEVES ITCHING |
| ANTISPASMODIC | A DRUG THAT USED TO STOP THE SPASMS OF VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY MUSCLES |
| ANTITUSSIVE | A DRUG THAT SUPPRESSES COUGHING |
| ANTIVIRAL | A DRUG USED TO TREAT VIRAL INFECTIONS |
| BRONCHODILATOR | A DRUG THAT RELAXES THE SMOOT MUSCLE AROUND THE BRONCHI AND DILATES THEM TO INCREASE AIR FLOW TO THE LUNGS |
| CORTICOSTEROID | A DRUG THAT DECREASES SEVERE INFLAMMATION OR ITCHING BY SUPPRESSING THE RESPONSE OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM |
| DECONGESTANT | A DRUG THAT DECREASES CONGESTION OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES IN THE SINUSES AND NOSE |
| DISINFECTANT | AN AGENT THAT IS USED TO KILL MICROORGANISMS ON SURFACES AND INSTRUMENTS |
| DIURETIC | A DRUG USED TO TREAT EDEMA AND HYPERTENSION BY CAUSING THE KIDNEYS TO EXCRETE MORE SODIUM AND WATER |
| DS | ABBREVIATION FOR DOUBLE STRENGTH |
| DURACAP | A TERM USED TO DESIGNATE A TIME-RELEASE CAPSULE |
| ER | ABBREVIATION OF EXTENDED RELEASE |
| EXPECTORANT | A DRUG THAT THINS MUCUS IN THE RESPIRATORY TRACT TO MAKE IT EASIER TO COUGH IT UP |
| EXTENCAPS/TABS | A TERM USED TO DESIGNATE A TIME-RELEASE CAPSULE OR TABLET |
| GYROCAP | A TERM USED TO DESIGNATE A SLOW RELEASE CAPSULE |
| INFATAB | A TERM USED TO DESIGNATE A CHEWABLE TABLET THAT CONTAINS A PEDIATRIC-SIZE DOSAGE OF DRUG |
| KAPSEALS | A TERM USED TO DESIGNATE A BANDED CAPSULE |
| LIQUI-GELS | A TERM USED TO DESIGNATE A CAPSULE WITH A LIQUID DRUG |
| LA | ABBREVIATION FOR LONG-ACTING |
| PLACEBO | A PLACEBO HAS NO PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION; NO THERAPEUTIC EFFECT; NO SIDE EFFECTS. USE IN CLINICAL TRIALS |
| PROPHYLAXIS | A DRUG GIVEN BEFORE THE ONSET OF A DISEASE OR CONDITION TO PREVENT OCCURRENCE |
| REPETABS | A TERM USED TO DESIGNATE A SUSTAINED-RELEASE TABLET |
| SA | A ABBREVIATION FOR SUSTAINED ACTION |
| SEQUELS | A TERM USED TO DESIGNED A SLOW-RELEASE CAPSULE |
| SPANSULES | A TERM TO DESIGNATE A SLOW-RELEASE CAPSULE |
| SR | ABBREVIATION FOR SLOW RELEASE OR SUSTAINED RELEASE |
| VASODILATOR | A DRUG THAT RELAXES THE SMOOT MUSCLE OF BLOOD VESSELS TO IMPROVE BLOOD FLOW |
| VASOPRESSOR | A DRUG THAT CONSTRICTS THE SMOOTH MUSCLE OF BLOOD VESSELS TO INCREASE BLOOD PRESSURE |
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