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 method for estimating standard errors or confidence intervals in which a small sample of observations is randomly selected from the original sample, estimates are calculated, and the sample is ...

Cholesterol

Health care; Pharmacy

A steroid that is abundant in animal tissues and is necessary for normal function; elevated levels of total cholesterol circulating in the blood of a host are associated with increased risks of ...

Diffusion-weighted imaging

Health care; Pharmacy

A type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that can sensitively detect changes in water movement in tissue. It is particularly sensitive to the early changes seen during brain ischemia.

Electroconvulsive therapy

Health care; Pharmacy

A treatment for severe mental illness in which a precisely calculated electric stimulus is administered in a controlled medical setting to produce a generalised seizure.

Age adjustment

Health care; Pharmacy

A procedure used to calculate summary rates for different populations in which underlying differences in the age distributions are removed. (See also Age standardization. )

Corrected chi-square test

Health care; Pharmacy

A chi-square test for a 2 x 2 table that uses Yates' correction, making it more conservative.

Caring

Health care; Pharmacy

* A state of responsiveness to others which entails the willingness to become personally involved * The commitment to alleviate another person's vulnerability and suffering * Considered to be the ...