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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

Covariate

Health care; Pharmacy

A potentially confounding variable controlled for in analysis of covariance.

Expired

Health care; Pharmacy

* One of the standard terms for describing the outcome status of a patient's medical condition being treated with pharmacotherapy. * Patient died while receiving drug therapy.

Acute pancreatitis

Health care; Pharmacy

Acute inflammation of the pancreas that can be mild with minimal or no organ dysfunction or severe with organ failure and local complications.

Electroencephalography

Health care; Pharmacy

A test that measures electrical brain wave activity through the use of multiple scalp electrodes.

Contingency table

Health care; Pharmacy

A table used to display counts or frequencies for two or more nominal or quantitative variables.

Anaemia of chronic kidney disease

Health care; Pharmacy

A decrease in red blood cell production caused by a deficiency in the hormone erythropoietin normally produced by progenitor cells of the kidney. As kidney function declines, less erythropoietin is ...

Bell-shaped distribution

Health care; Pharmacy

A term used to describe the shape of the normal (gaussian) distribution.

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