Module 1
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| Absorption | the act of taking up or in by specific chemical or molecular action
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| Adverse effect | is a harmful and undesired effect resulting from a medication or other intervention such as surgery.
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| Agonist | is a chemical that binds to some receptor of a cell and triggers a response by that cell.
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| Bioavailability | is a subcategory of absorption and is the fraction of an administered dose of unchanged drug that reaches the systemic circulation
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| Biotechnology | is the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make useful products.
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| Biotransformation | is the chemical modification (or modifications) made by an organism on a chemical compound.
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| Bolus | the administration of a drug, medication or other substance in the form of a single, large dose
Bolus (radiation therapy), a tissue equivalent substance used in radiation therapy
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| Contraindication | is a condition or factor that serves as a reason to withhold a certain medical treatment.
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| Distribution | the specific location or arrangement of continuing or successive objects or events in space or time.
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| Duration | A continuous period of time.
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| Emulsion | a mixture of two immiscible liquids, one being dispersed throughout the other in small droplets; a colloid system in which both the dispersed phase and the dispersion medium are liquids.
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| Enteral | Within, or by way of, the intestine or gastrointestinal tract, especially as distinguished from parenteral.
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| Excretion | waste material eliminated from the body, including feces, urine, and sweat
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| Hypersensitivity | a state of altered reactivity in which the body reacts with an exaggerated immune response to a foreign agent
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| Idiosyncratic effect | are drug reactions that occur rarely and unpredictably amongst the population.
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| Indication | a sign or circumstance that points to or shows the cause, treatment, or some other aspect of a disease.
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| Local effect | involving or affecting only a restricted part of the organism
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| Onset | A beginning; a start, as of a cold.
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| Parenteral | by some route other than through the alimentary canal, such as by subcutaneous, intramuscular, intrasternal, or intravenous injection.
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| Pharmacodynamics | the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and the mechanisms of their actions, including the correlation of their actions and effects with their chemical structure.
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| Pharmacokinetics | the study of the movement of drugs in the body, including the processes of absorption, distribution, localization in tissues, biotransformation, and excretion.
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| Plasma protein binding | A drug's efficiency may be affected by the degree to which it binds to the proteins within blood plasma.
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| Reconstituted | Taking smaller pieces of materials and binding them together to form a larger material item.
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| Side effect | A consistent result of a procedure that is in addition to or peripheral to the basic result.
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| Solubility | the quality of being soluble.
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| Solution | a homogeneous mixture of one or more substances (solutes) dispersed molecularly in a sufficient quantity of dissolving medium (solvent).
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| Suspension | temporary cessation, as of pain or a vital process.
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| Synergist Systemic effect | an agent that acts with or enhances the action of another
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| Topical | pertaining to a particular area, such as a topical antiinfective agent applied to a certain area of the skin and affecting only the area to which it is applied.
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| Controlled substances | any drug defined in the five categories of the federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970. The categories, or schedules, cover opium and its derivatives, hallucinogens, depressants, and stimulants.
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| Narcotics | are natural opioid drugs derived from the Asian poppy Palaver somniferous or semi-synthetic or synthetic substitutes for these drugs.
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| DEA | abbreviation for Drug Enforcement Agency.
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| FDA | Abbreviation for Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
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| The Joint Commision | a private nongovernmental agency that establishes guidelines for the operation of hospitals and other health care facilities,
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| OTC | Abbreviation for over the counter, pertaining to a drug available without a prescription.
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| PDR | Abbreviation for Physicians' Desk Reference.
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| USP-NF | United States Pharmacopeia–National Formulary.
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