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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.

Contributors in Pharmacy

Pharmacy

Conflict of interest

Health care; Pharmacy

Personal, financial, or political interests that undermine an individual's ability to meet or fulfil primary professional, ethical, or legal obligations.

Colonisation resistance

Health care; Pharmacy

Preservation of anaerobic flora by selective gut decontamination to prevent colonisation by potentially pathogenic gram-negative organisms.

Essential or primary hypertension

Health care; Pharmacy

Persistently elevated blood pressure that results from unknown pathophysiological etiology.

Enkephalins

Health care; Pharmacy

Pentapeptide endorphins, found in many parts of the brain, that bind to specific receptor sites, some of which can be pain-related opiate receptors.

Comedo

Health care; Pharmacy

Plug of sebum and keratinous material in a hair follicle; blackhead.

Adolescents

Health care; Pharmacy

Paediatric patients who are 12 to 16 years of age.

Children

Health care; Pharmacy

Paediatric patients who are 1 to 11 years of age.

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