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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| GOITER | CONDITION IN WHICH THE THYHROID IS ENLARGED BEACUSE OF LACK OF IODINE OR BECAUSE OF A TUMOR |
| ABSORPTION | UPTAKE OF MEDICATIONS INTO THE BODY THROUGH OR ACROSS TISSUES |
| COPAYMENT | THE AMOUNT A PATIENT IS TO PAY FOR EACH PRESCRIPTION AKA COPAY |
| BIOEQUIVALENCE | STATE OR PROPERTY OF HAVING THE SAME STRENGTH AND AVAILIBILITY FOR ABSORPTION IN THE BODY AS THE SAME DOSE OF ANOTEHR AVAILABLE SOURCE OF THAT DRUG |
| CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY | STUDY OF DRUG EFFECTS IN HUMANS |
| CONTRAINDICATION | CONDITION IN WHICH USE OF GIVEN MEDICATION SHOULD BE AVOIDED EX: NITRATES AND VIAGRA |
| INDICATION | REASONS TO USE A PATRICULAR DRUG FOR A PARTICULAR PROBLEM IE: BACTRIM FOR UTI |
| MEDICAITON ERROR | MISTAKE MADE IN PRESCRIBING, ADMINISTERING OR DESPENSING A MEDICATON, WHICH MAY BE THE INCORRECT DOSE, ROUTE, FAILING TO FILL AS ORDERED |
| NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION | AN INFECTION ACQUIRED BY PATIENTS WHEN THEY ARE IN THE HOSPITAL |
| AMENORRHEA | ABSENCE OR SUPPRESSION OF MENSES |
| SUPPOSITORY | MEDICATION CARRIED VIA A SOLID DOSE FORM INSERTED INTO A BODY ORFACE SUCH AS VAGINA, URTHRA, OR RECTUM |
| SUBLINGUAL TABLET | TABLET DESIGNED TO DISSOLVE UNDER THE TONGUE |
| SUSPENSION | MEDICATION IN THE FORM OF UNDISSOLVED PARTICLES IN THE LIQUID VEHICLE |
| TROCHE | HARD DISK OF MEDICATION DESIGNED TO DISSOLVE IN THE MOUTH FOR LOCAL EFFECT SIMILAR TO A LOZENGE |
| ELIXIR | CLEAR, SWEETENED, FLAVORED MEDICATION CONTAINING ALCOHOL AND WATER |
| CHEWABLE TABLET | TABLET WITH A SUGAR OR FLAVORED BASE, DESIGNED TO BE CHEWED |
| CAPSULE | SMALL GELATIN CONTIANER FILLED WITH MEDICATION IN POWDER OR GRANULE FORM |
| CAPLET | LONG, OBLONG TABLET WITH A SMOOTH FILM-COATED COVERING FOR EASE OF SWALLOWING |
| AEROSOL | LIQUID IN A PRESSURIZED CONTAINER THT DISPENSES MEDICATION TO SITE OF ABSORPTION |
| TABLET | DRIED POWDER FORM OF MEDICATION THT HAS BEEN COMPRESSED INTO A SMALL DISK |