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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

functional psychiatric disorder

Health care; Pharmacy

A mental disorder that is primarily defined by a constellation of symptoms and behaviors and for which the pathophysiologic etiology is still largely unknown.

adoptive immunotherapy

Health care; Pharmacy

Administration of immune cells for the purpose of cancer treatment.

detoxification programs

Health care; Pharmacy

A medically supervised treatment program for alcohol or drug addiction designed to purge the body of intoxicating or addictive substances. Such a program is used as a first step in overcoming ...

adjusted rate

Health care; Pharmacy

A rate adjusted so that it is independent of the distribution of a possible confounding variable. For example, age-adjusted rates are independent of the age distribution in the population to which ...

caring

Health care; Pharmacy

* A state of responsiveness to others which entails the willingness to become personally involved * The commitment to alleviate another person's vulnerability and suffering * Considered to be the ...

cerebrovascular accident

Health care; Pharmacy

A deficit in the delivery of oxygenated blood to the brain that may occur because of a blood clot or a hemorrhage; a synonym for a stroke.

backward elimination

Health care; Pharmacy

A method to select variables in multiple regression that enters all variables into the regression equation and then eliminates the variable that adds the least to the prediction, followed by the ...

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