Pharmacology Terms Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Absorption | Drug moves across membranes into circulating fluid |
Potency | Drug produces desired response at lowest dose |
Prototype | Drug model to which others are compared |
Polypharmacy | Taking many medications |
Teratogen | Substance causing permanent fetal damage |
Therapeutic Range | Minimum amount of drug to be effective |
Toxicity | Drug level causing side effects |
Polymorphism | Response between genetic make-up and drug response |
Pharmacokinetics | Study of how drugs move in body |
Metabolism | Liver converts drug into smaller compounds |
Medication | Name of drug after it is administered |
Mechanism of Action | Process by which a drug produces its effect on the body |
Maintenance Dose | Dosing to keep drug in therapeutic range |
Loading Dose | Prime bloodstream with drug |
Idiosyncratic Response | Unexplained drug reaction |
Half-Life | Time it takes for concentration of drug to decrease by half |
Free serum | Drugs that do not bind to proteins |
FDA | Agency regulating availability of drug |
Excretion | Kidneys filter and remove drugs |
Efficacy | Maximum response from drug |
Distribution | Transport drug through body |
Dependence | Physical/psychological need for a substance |
Baseline | Data gathered initially used for comparison at a later date |
Antagonist | Complete for receptors or alter responses |
Anaphylaxis | Severe systemic reaction to a drug |
Agonist | Produces same effect as endogenous substance |
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