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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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Food and drug administration (FDA)
Health care; Pharmacy
The agency of the U. S. government that is responsible for ensuring the safety and efficacy of all drugs on the market. This agency approves drugs for marketing.
Diastolic blood pressure
Health care; Pharmacy
The arterial blood pressure that occurs after cardiac contraction when the cardiac chambers are filling.
Delta
Health care; Pharmacy
The amount of difference in the outcome variable that the investigators wish to detect between intervention and control groups in a study.
Early empirical therapy
Health care; Pharmacy
The administration of systemic antifungal agents at the onset of fever and neutropenia.
Case law
Health care; Pharmacy
The aggregate of reported cases; the law pertaining to a particular subject as formed by adjudged cases.
Clinical epidemiology
Health care; Pharmacy
The application of the science of epidemiology to clinical medicine and decision making.
Biostatistics
Health care; Pharmacy
The application of research study design and statistical analysis to applications in medicine and biology.
