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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

Achalasia

Health care; Pharmacy

Problem that occurs when a ring of muscle fibers, such as a sphincter of the esophagus, fail to relax.

Acnegenicity

Health care; Pharmacy

Product effect that causes irritation of follicles resulting in papules and pustules.

Comedolytic

Health care; Pharmacy

Prevents shed keratinocytes from aggregating in follicle and clogging pores.

Comedogenicity

Health care; Pharmacy

Product effect that causes follicular plugging resulting in comedones.

Anuria

Health care; Pharmacy

Production of less than 50 mL of urine/day.

Dihydrotestosterone

Health care; Pharmacy

The active androgen metabolite, which is formed inside various cells. In the case of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), dihydrotestosterone is formed inside prostate cells by the action of 5- ...

Comparative negligence

Health care; Pharmacy

The allocation of responsibility for damages incurred between the plaintiff and defendant, based on relative negligence of the two; the reduction of the damages to be recovered by the negligent ...

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