Pharmacy

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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benign

Health care; Pharmacy

A mild illness; when applied to an abnormal growth of cells (viz, a neoplasm), it connotes a slowly progressing defect that is not invading adjacent tissues (in contrast to the rapid growth and ...

assessment

Health care; Pharmacy

A systematic review and appraisal of the patient's drug-related needs Completed for the purpose of: * assuring that all the patient's drug therapy is appropriately indicated, * the most effective ...

event

Health care; Pharmacy

A single outcome (or set of outcomes) from an experiment.

blood urea nitrogen (BUN)

Health care; Pharmacy

A waste product in the blood that comes from the breakdown of food protein. The kidneys filter blood to remove urea. As kidney function decreases, the BUN level increases.

bias

Health care; Pharmacy

A nonrandom error in a study that leads to a distorted result. Also, the error related to the ways the targeted and sampled populations differ; also called measurement error, it threatens the ...

dose

Health care; Pharmacy

* The amount of active ingredient that the patient takes each time he or she self-administers the drug product. * The amount of drug administered to the patient as a single event.

drug addiction

Health care; Pharmacy

A chronic disorder characterized by the compulsive use of a substance resulting in physical, psychologic, or social harm to the user and continued use despite that harm.