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PASSAGE OF A SUBSTANCE THROUGH SOME SURFACE OF THE BODY INTO THE BODY FLUIDS
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ABSORPTION
PASSAGE OF A SUBSTANCE THROUGH SOME SURFACE OF THE BODY INTO THE BODY FLUIDS
ACROMION PROCESS
BONY PROMINENCE OF THE SHOULDER
ACTION
HOW A DRUG ACTS IN THE BODY
ADDICTION
ENSLAVEMENT TO SOME HABIT
ADMINISTER
TO INSTILL A DRUG INTO THE BODY OF A PATIENT
AMPULE
A CONTAINER WHICH HOLDS A SINGLE DOSE OF A MEDICATION
ANAPHYLAXIS
SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION
ANTIDEPRESSANT
MEDICATIONS USED TO RELIEVE DEPRESSION; MOOD ELEVATORS
ANTIEPILEPTIC
AGENT USED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OR SEVERITY OF EPILEPTIC ATTACKS
ANTIFUNGAL
PREPARATIONS USED TO TREAT SYSTEMIC OR LOCAL FUNGAL INFECTIONS
ANTIHISTAMINE
AGENT USED TO COUNTERACT THE EFFECTS OF HISTAMINE
ANTITUSSIVE
DRUGS THAT SUPPRESSES THE COUGH REFLEX AND DRIES UP SECRETIONS OF THE COUGH
AQUEOUS
THIN AND WATERY
ASEPTIC
FREE OF PATHOGENS
ASPIRATE
TO DRAW BY SUCTION ; TO PULL BACK ON THE SYRINGE PLUNGER TO CHECK FOR ENTRY INTO A BLOOD VESSEL
BARREL
HOLLOW CYLINDER THAT MAKES UP THE BODY OF THE SYRINGE
BEVEL
THE OPENING IN THE NEEDLE
BROAD SPECTRUM
AFFECTING A WIDE VARIETY OF PATHOGENS
BRONCHODILATOR
AGENT USED TO TREAT CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, BRONCHIA ASTHMA, AND EMPHYSEMA
BUCCAL
BETWEEN THE CHEEK AND GUM
CHOLINERGIC
DRUGS USED TO DECREASE HEART RATE AND ACT ON SMOOTH AND SKELETAL MUSCLES
CONTRAINDICATION
CONDITIONS THAT MAKE THE ADMINISTRATION OF A DRUG IMPROPER OR UNDESIRABLE
CUMULATION
ACCUMULATION OF DRUGS TO SOMETIMES TOXIC CONCENTRATIONS
DEPENDENCE
THE NEED TO TAKE A SUBSTANCE TO AVOID PHYSICAL DISCOMFORT
DISPENSE
THE GIVING OF DRUGS, IN SOME TYPE OF BOX, BOTTLE, OR OTHER CONTAINER TO THE PATIENT
DOSAGE
THE STRENGTH OF MEDICATION TO BE ADMINISTERED
EMETIC
DRUG USED TO INDUCE VOMITING
EXCRETION
ELIMINATION OF WASTE PRODUCTS BY THE SKIN, KIDNEYS, AND INTESTINES
EXPECTORANT
DRUG USED TO INCREASE THE SECRETIONS AND MUCUS FORM THE BRONCHIAL TUBES
FLANGE
FLARED PART OF A SYRINGE BARREL; USED TO STEADY THE SYRINGE WHILE PULLING OR PUSHING THE PLUNGER
GAUGE
THE WIDTH OF THE NEEDLE
HABITUATION
THE ACT OF BECOMING ACCUSTOMED TO ANYTHING FROM FREQUENT USE
HYPERSENSITIVITY
EXAGGERATED RESPONSE TO A DRUG OR OTHER FOREIGN AGENT THROUGH ALLERGIC MECHANISMS
HYPNOTIC
DRUG THAT PRODUCES SLEEP AND LESSENS BRAIN ACTIVITY
HYPOGLYCEMICS
DRUGS USED TO COMPENSATE FOR A LACK OF EFFECTIVE INSULIN ACTIVITY
IDIOSYNCRASY
UNEXPECTED EFFECT
INDICATION
CONDITIONS FOR WHICH DRUGS ARE USED
INSTILLATION
PERTAINING TO PLACING MEDICATION INTO THE EAR OR EYE DROP BY DROP
NARCOTIC
DRUGS THAT DEPRESS THE CNS
NARROW SPECTRUM
AFFECTING ONLY SPECIFIC PATHOGENS
OPIATE
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; DERIVED FROM OPIUM
PHOTOSENSITIVITY
RASH THAT APPEARS AFTER EXPOSURE TO STRONG LIGHT; A SIDE EFFECT OF SOME DRUGS
POTENTIATION
THE COMBINATION OF TWO DRUGS SOMETIMES CAUSING AN EFFECT THAT IS GREATER THAN THE INDIVIDUAL DRUGS ALONE
PRECIPITATE
SOLID PARTICLES THAT SEPARATE OUT FROM A SOLUTION
PRESCRIBE
TO ISSUE A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE PATIENT
RECONSTITUTE
ADD LIQUID TO A CONCENTRATED SUBSTANCE TO MAKE A NORMAL STRENGTH SOLUTION
RECTAL
PERTAINING TO THE RECTUM
SCIATIC NERVE
LARGE NERVE IN THE PELVIC AREA THAT CARRIES NERVE IMPULSES TO AND FROM THE LEGS
SIDE EFFECT
AN EFFECT ON THE BODY OTHER THAN THE DESIRED EFFECT
SITE ROTATION
THE PRACTICE OF INJECTING INTO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS SO AS TO AVOID DAMAGING TISSUE BY REPEATED INJECTIONS
STEROIDS
DRUGS THAT MIMIC HORMONE; USED AS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, ANTI-ALLERGY AGENTS, AND ANTI-STRESS AGENTS
SYRINGE
INSTRUMENT USED TO ADMINISTER PARENTERAL MEDICATIONS
TOLERANCE
EFFECTS OF A GIVEN DRUG DIMINISH AS THE TREATMENT GOES ON, LARGER DOSES MUST BE GIVEN TO MAINTAIN DESIRED EFFECT
TOPICAL
ON TOP OF THE SKIN
TOXIC EFFECT
POISONOUS EFFECTS AND SYMPTOMS OF TOXICITY
TRANQUILIZERS
DRUG THAT REDUCES ANXIETY AND TENSION WITHOUT PRODUCING SLEEP
VAGINAL
PERTAINING TO THE VAGINA
VIAL
A CONTAINER WHICH HOLDS ON E OR MORE DOSES OF A MEDICATION
VISCOSITY
STICKY; GUMMY; THICK
VISCOUS
THICK AND OILY
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