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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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Activities of daily living

Health care; Pharmacy

Dressing, bathing, getting around inside the home, feeding, toileting, and grooming. See also Instrumental activities of daily living.

Evoked potentials

Health care; Pharmacy

EEG-based technique involving measurement of brain-wave activity in response to stimuli, usually visual or auditory.

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

Health care; Pharmacy

ELISA can be used to test for antibodies to an infectious agent.

Clinical pharmacokinetics

Health care; Pharmacy

Discipline that describes the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination of drugs in patients.

Cervical effacement

Health care; Pharmacy

During the first stage of labor, as the cervix is opening, it is also thinning. The thinning of the cervix is termed effacement.

Enanthem

Health care; Pharmacy

Eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease.

Bronchiectasis

Health care; Pharmacy

Dilation of a bronchus or bronchi, usually related to excessive secretions.

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