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Pharmacy

1) The science and practice of the preparation and dispensing of medicinal drugs. 2) A store where medicinal drugs are dispensed and sold.

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Pharmacy

bootstrap

Health care; Pharmacy

A method for estimating standard errors or confidence intervals in which a small sample of observations is randomly selected from the original sample, estimates are calculated, and the sample is ...

patient confidentiality

Health care; Pharmacy

* The act of protecting a patient's personal information from public view. * Keeping private all aspects of a patient's care in the manner deemed acceptable to the patient and prescribed by law (see ...

drug information center (DIC)

Health care; Pharmacy

A physical location where pharmacists have the resources (e.g., books, journals, and computer systems) to provide drug information. This area is generally staffed by a pharmacist specializing in ...

carotid doppler

Health care; Pharmacy

A technique that provides information about the presence and severity of atherosclerosis of the carotid artery using noninvasive sound wave technology.

binary observation

Health care; Pharmacy

A nominal measure that has only two outcomes (examples are gender: male or female; survival: yes or no).

decision diagram

Health care; Pharmacy

A flow chart used in decision analysis that identifies the clinical management choices, probabilities of events, and likelihoods of outcomes.

euthymia or euthymic

Health care; Pharmacy

A mood in a normal range without depression or mood elevation.

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