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Chapter 3 - Sources

Pharmacology - Sources and Actions

QuestionAnswer
Absorption Passsage of a substance through some surface of the body into body fluids and tissues
Adverse Reation Undersired side effects or toxicity caused by a treatment
Agonists Drug that BINDS to the RECEPTOR and STIMULATES the receptor function
Biotransformation Chemical alteration that a substance udergoes in the body
BUN Blood Urea Nitrogen
CrCl Creatin Clearance
Cumulation INCREASING in EFFECT by SUCCESSIVE ADDITIONS
Curative Having HEALING or REMEDY properties
Destructive Causing INJURY or DEATH
Diagnostic Pertaining to the disease or syndrome a person has or is believed to have
Distribution Dividing and spreading of medication to a target organ
Excretion Elimination of waste products from the body
Half-Life Time required for half the nuclei of a radioactive substance to lose their activity by undergoing RADIOACTIVE DECAY
Idiosyncratic How a person DIFFERS from anothe
Ototoxicity Having a Detrimental effect on the 8th nerve or organs of hearing
Palliative Alleviating without curing
Pharmacodynamics Study of drugs and their reactions in living organisms
Pharmacokinetics Study of Metabolism and action of drugs with a particular emphasis on the time required for absorption.
Polypharmacy Concurrent use of a large amount of drugs
Potency how strong a drug is: POWER
Prophylactic Prevention
Psychotropic effecting the mind, EMOTIONS; BEHAVIORS
Replacement Restoration of something that has been depleted or missing
Synergism Actions of 2 or more agents or organs working with each other.
Systemic Pertaining to the WHOLE BODY rather than one of its parts
Teratogenic literally creating a monster; anything that adversly affects normal cellular development in the embryo or fetus
Toxic POISION
Toxins Multiple Poisions
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