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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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Pharmacy

Alloimmunization

Health care; Pharmacy

Rapid consumption of transfused platelets through an immune-mediated reaction.

Atelectasis

Health care; Pharmacy

Pulmonary parenchymal collapse caused by alveolar or bronchial obstruction.

Clinical significance

Health care; Pharmacy

The clinical importance of data generated in a study, irrespective of statistical results. Usually refers to the application of study results in clinical practice. Also can be called clinical ...

Epilepsy syndrome

Health care; Pharmacy

The combination of seizure type with other components of the patient history such as age of onset, intellectual development, findings on neurologic examination, and results of neuroimaging.

Cerebral oxygen consumption (CMR O 2)

Health care; Pharmacy

The cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen consumption calculated as the mean hemispheric CBF and the arteriovenous oxygen content difference (AVDo 2).

Antigenic drift

Health care; Pharmacy

The creation of antigenic variants by point mutations in the surface antigens, hemagglutinin and/or neuraminidase, of a particular subtype of influenza.

Calcium-sensing receptor

Health care; Pharmacy

The calcium receptor on the chief cells of the parathyroid gland, activation of which leads to suppression of PTH release.

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