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 |