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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Genu varum

Health care; Pharmacy

A deformity marked by medial angulation of the leg in relation to the thigh; an outward bowing of the legs.

* A record of past uses of medications and preventive pharmacotherapies. * Includes prescription medications, nonprescription products, alternative therapies, nutritional supplements, and all other ...

Point estimate

Health care; Pharmacy

A general term for any statistic (eg, mean, standard deviation, proportion).

Methemoglobin

Health care; Pharmacy

A form of haemoglobin that occurs when its iron is oxidised to the +3 state, which decreases oxygen binding.

Clinical investigation

Health care; Pharmacy

Any experiment in which a drug is administered or dispensed to one or more human subjects. Relating to investigational drugs, an experiment is any use of a drug (except for the use of a marketed ...

Anticoagulant

Health care; Pharmacy

Any substance that inhibits, suppresses, or delays the formation of blood clots. These substances occur naturally and regulate the clotting cascade. Several anticoagulants have been identified in a ...