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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continuous scale

Health care; Pharmacy

A scale used to measure a numerical characteristic with values that occur on a continuum (an example is age).

A treatment (placebo, active, historical) used for comparison in a study to measure a difference in effect against an investigational agent. The investigator usually wishes to determine superiority ...

biopsy

Health care; Pharmacy

A procedure in which a tiny piece of a body part, such as the kidney or bladder, is removed for examination under a microscope.

condom

Health care; Pharmacy

A sheath, usually made of thin rubber, used to cover the penis during sexual intercourse to prevent conception or infection.

body area network (BAN)

Health care; Pharmacy

A multiple device, interconnected computer system carried on a person. Sometimes referred to as a wearable computer.

corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)

Health care; Pharmacy

A trophic hormone released by the hypothalamus that stimulates release of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH).

clinical inertia

Health care; Pharmacy

A clinical situation in which no therapeutic move was made to treat a medical condition in a patient who is not considered adequately treated, or at his or her treatment goal.