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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
Binomial distribution
Health care; Pharmacy
The probability distribution that describes the number of successes X observed in n independent trials, each with the same probability of occurrence.
Extemporaneous compounding
Health care; Pharmacy
The practise of compounding prescriptions from a list of several ingredients, usually performed by a pharmacist.
Absolute value
Health care; Pharmacy
The positive value of a number, regardless of whether the number is positive or negative. The absolute value of a is symbolised
Conditional probability
Health care; Pharmacy
The probability of an event, such as A, given that another event, such as B, has occurred, denoted P(A
Alpha level of significance
Health care; Pharmacy
The probability of a false positive result in a study.
