PHM 111 week 2 terminology
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| adjunct | medication used to compliment the effects of another drug.
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| antiemetic | a drug that reduces or stops vomiting
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| antihypertensive | agent that decreases blood pressure.
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| anxiety | condition associated with tension, apprehension, fear and panic.
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| anxiolytic | medication used to treat anxiety
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| ADHD | brain disorder that affects the ability to focus ones attention
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| ayurveda | holistic traditional medical system where the prevention of a disease is emphasized
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| bipolar disorder | illness associated with sudden swings in mood betwween depresseion and periods of insomnia, racing thoughts, distractibility and increased goal-direct behavior.
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| blood-brain barrier | barried that exists in the brain as a result of special permeability characteristics of capillaries that supply brain cells. these capillaries prevent certain solutes and chemicals from being transferred from the blood to the brain.
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| chiropractic | manual maniplulation of the joints and muscles.
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| cognition | activities associated with thinking, learning and memory.
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| depression | mental state characterized by sadness, feelings of loss and grief, and loss of appetite, may include suicidal thoughts.
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| diagnosis | physicians recognition of a condition or diease.
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| drug dependence | continuing to take the drug in order to avoid onset of physical or psychological withdrawal symptoms.
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| electroconvulsive therapy | electrical surrent administered to an anesthetized patient, causing a brief seizure.
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| enuresis | bedwetting
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| extrapyramidal symptoms | excessive muscle movement associated with the use of neuroleptics
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| generalized anxiety disorder | condition associated with excessive worrying and tension that is experienced daily for more than 6 months.
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| herba; | any plant substance used for health purposes.
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| homeopathy | system of therapy based on the belieg that dilutions of medicinal substanced that cause a specific symptom can be used to treat illness
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| insomnia | condition characterized by difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep.
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| major depression | illness associated with persistent feelings of sadness, emptiness or hopelessness that persists.
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| mania | mood state characterized by excessive excitement, elevated mood and exalted feelings.
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| monoamine oxidase | enzyme found in nerve terminals, neurons, liver and intestines that inactivates specific neurotransmitters and dietary amines.
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| mood disorder | affective disorder involiving a change in emotional behavior
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| neurosis | mental disorder arising from stress or anxiety in the patients environment without loss of contact with reality.
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| neurotransmitters | chemicals that are transmitted from one neuron to another as electrical nerve impluses.
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| OCD | condition associated with an inability to control or stop repeated unwanted thoughts or behaviors
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| panic disorder | condition associated with repeated sudden onset of feelings of terror.
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| phobia | irrational fear of things or situations that produve symptoms of intense anxiety
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| placebo | inert compound believed by the patient to be an active agent
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| PTSD | disorder that develops in persons who have participated in, witnessed or been a victim of a terrifying event
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| prophylaxis | to prevent disease
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| psychosis | mental state characterized by disorganized behavior and thought, delusions, hallucinations and loss of touch with reality
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| psychotherapy | therapy that includes helping patients work through personal problems that affect emotions and behaviors.
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| schizoprenia | types of psychosis characterized by delusions of thought, visual or auditory hallucinations and speech disturbances.
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| serotonin syndrome | life threatening adverse drug reaction caused by excessive serotonin that produces symptoms of confusion, agitation, diarrhea, temors, inceased blood pressure and seizures.
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| synthetic medicine | medicaition made in a lab from chemical processes.
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| tardive dyskinesia | inappropriate psoture of the neck, trunk and limbs accompanied by involuntary thursting of the tongue.
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| tolerance | consition occurring when increased doses of a drug are required in order to achieve the same effects as were achieved at lower doses.
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