3 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Health care > 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.
Industry: Health care
Add a new termContributors in Pharmacy
Pharmacy
Clinically isolated syndrome
Health care; Pharmacy
The first attack of multiple sclerosis characterised by a neurologic syndrome such as optic neuritis and generally seen with silent or asymptomatic white matter lesions (seen on magnetic resonance ...
Drug interaction
Health care; Pharmacy
The Food and Drug Administration defines this as "a pharmacologic response that cannot be explained by the action of a simple drug, but is due to two or more drugs acting simultaneously. "
Excess risk
Health care; Pharmacy
The extra risk of the occurrence of a particular disease among persons exposed to a risk factor of interest. (See also Risk difference. )
Absolute risk increase (ARI)
Health care; Pharmacy
The increase in risk with a new therapy compared with the risk without the new therapy.
Anticipatory anxiety
Health care; Pharmacy
The fear of having an anxiety attack, which is often a trigger by itself; fear of fear.
Bioavailability
Health care; Pharmacy
The fraction of drug absorbed into the systemic circulation after extravascular administration.
