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.

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A statistical technique used in follow-up studies to determine the risk associated with exposure to a certain factor and the resultant development of a disease state. Attributable risk estimates the ...

Fulminant hepatitis

Health care; Pharmacy

Acute hepatic failure; rare complication of viral hepatitis, it can also result from hepatotoxins, or drug sensitivity and causes massive necrosis of the liver; marked by a high fatality rate.

Analysis of variance (ANOVA)

Health care; Pharmacy

A statistical procedure that determines whether any differences exist among two or more groups of subjects on one or more factors. The F test is used in ANOVA.

Esophageal stricture

Health care; Pharmacy

A narrowing of the esophageal lumen because of acid reflux into the lower esophagus.

Anaphylaxis

Health care; Pharmacy

Acute, life-threatening allergic reaction involving multiple organ systems.

Age standardisation

Health care; Pharmacy

A procedure for obtaining a weighted average of age-specific rates in which the weights are selected on the basis of a standard age distribution (e.g., the population of the United States in 1940).

Cognitive behavioural therapy

Health care; Pharmacy

A form of psychotherapy designed to replace distorted or inappropriate ways of thinking with healthy, more realistic thoughts to alter maladaptive moods and behavior. It is instructional in approach ...