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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Years of potential life lost (YPLL)

Health care; Pharmacy

A measure of total life lost to a particular age (eg, 75 years) within a population because of premature deaths.

Life table analysis

Health care; Pharmacy

A method for analysing survival times for censored observations that have been grouped into intervals.

Trousseau's sign

Health care; Pharmacy

A hand spasm produced by placing a blood pressure cuff over the forearm and inflating the pressure above the systolic pressure for 3 minutes.

A group of disorders involving heme biosynthesis, characterised by excessive excretion of porphyrins or their precursors; can be inherited or can be acquired, as from the effects of certain chemical ...

Granulocytopenia

Health care; Pharmacy

A condition marked by an abnormally low number of granulocytes in the blood, and which may predispose the host to infection.

Psychotherapy

Health care; Pharmacy

A general term used to describe a form of treatment based on talking with a therapist. Psychotherapy aims to relieve distress by discussing and expressing feelings, to help the patient to change ...