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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| LINIMENT | A MEDICINAL FLUID RUBBED INTO THE SKIN TO SOOTHE PAIN OR RELIEVE STIFFNESS |
| BUFFERED TABLET | CONTAINS ANTACID |
| GEL/JELLY | A DISPERSION CONTAINING FINE PARTICLES FOR TOPICAL USE ON THE SKIN |
| LOTION | A LIQUID FOR TOPICAL APPLICATION THAT CONTAINS INSOLUBLE DISPERSED SOLIDS OR IMMISICIBLE LIQUIDS |
| LOZENGE | A MEDICATION IN A SWEET TASTING FORMULATION THAT IS ABSORBED IN THE MOUTH |
| ETHICS | THE STUDY OF STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND MORAL JUDGMENT THAT OUTLINES THE RIGHT OR WRONG OF HUMAN CONDUCT OR CHARACTER |
| SUSTAINED RELEASE TABLET | DRUGS THAT WORK OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND CAN BE TAKEN LESS FREQUENTLY THAT INSTANT RELEASE |
| MENISCUS | THE MOON SHAPED OR CONCAVE APPEARANCE OF A LIQUID IN A GRADUATE CYLINDER USED IN MEASURMENT |
| NEBULIZER | A DEVICE USED TO DELIVER MEDICATION IN A FINE MIST FORM TO THE LUNGS: OFTEN USED IN TREATING ASTHMA |
| SYRUP | A AQUEOUS SOLUTION THICKENED WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF SUGAR OR A SUGAR SUBSTITUTE |
| VIRUS | A MINUTE INFECTI0US AGENT THAT DOES NOT HAVE ALL THE COMPNENTS OF A CELL AND THUS CAN REPLICATE ONLY WITHIN A LIVING HOST CELL |
| VIRULENCE | EXTREMELY INFECTIOUS |
| SERUM | THE WATERY PROTION OF AN ANIMAL FLUID REMAINING AFTER COAGUALTION |
| PYURIA | THE PRESENCE OF PUS IN THE URINE, USUALLY A SIGN OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION |
| PLACEBO | A SUBSTANCE CONTAINING NO MEDICATION AND PRESCRIBED OR GIVEN TO REINFORCE THE PATIENTS EXPECTATIONS OF GETTING WELL |
| PATHOGEN | AN AGENT THAT CAUSES DISEASE, ESPECIALLY A LIVING MICROORGANISH SUCH AS BACTERIUM OR FUNGUS |
| PARASITE | AN ORGANISM THAT GROWS, FEEDS, ADN IS SHELTERED ON OR IN A DIFFERENT ORGANISM WHILE CONTRIBUTING NOTHING TO THE SURVIVAL OF THE HOST |
| IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT | SUPPRESSION OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE, AS BY DRUGS OR RADIATION IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE REAJECTION OF GRAFTS OR TO CONTROL AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE |
| DILUENT | AN INERT FILLER SUBSTANCE ADDED AS AN INACTIVE INGRIDENT IN TABLETS AND CAPSULES, ALSO A STERILE FLUID ADDED TO A POWER TO RECONSTITUTE,DILUTE, OR DISSOLVE A MEDICATION |
| ACETYLCYSTEINE | A DRUG AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT USED IN THE MANAGMENT OF ACETAMINOPHEN OVERDOSE |