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.

Industry: Health care

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Cerebral microdialysis

Health care; Pharmacy

A sampling method that allows continuous acquisition of a small volume of cerebral extracellular fluid specimens using a microdialysis probe inserted into the brain.

Drug-related mortality

Health care; Pharmacy

* The incidence and prevalence of death associated with drug therapy * One aspect of the social need addressed in the philosophy of pharmaceutical care practice.

Bivariate plot

Health care; Pharmacy

A two-dimensional plot or scatterplot of the values of two characteristics measured on the same set of subjects.

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.

Underlying cause of death

Health care; Pharmacy

(1) The disease or injury that initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death, or (2) the circumstances of the accident or violence that resulted in fatal injury.