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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The pressure or the load the heart must generate to eject blood into the systemic circulation. Although approximated by the systemic vascular resistance, it is a complex measure that includes blood ...

binomial distribution

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The probability distribution that describes the number of successes X observed in n independent trials, each with the same probability of occurrence.

beta

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The probability of a false negative result in a study.

alpha level of significance

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The probability of a false positive result in a study.

conditional probability

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The probability of an event, such as A, given that another event, such as B, has occurred, denoted P(A

blinding

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The procedures used in a clinical study to ensure that the investigator, subject, or both are unaware of which treatment is being administered. In a single-blind study, either the investigator or ...