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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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Cross-validation
Health care; Pharmacy
A procedure for applying the results of an analysis from one sample of subjects to a new sample of subjects to evaluate how well they generalize. It is frequently used in regression.
Dichotomous observation
Health care; Pharmacy
A nominal measure that has only two outcomes (examples are gender: male or female; survival: yes or no); also called binary.
Disease outbreak
Health care; Pharmacy
A sudden, unexpected increase in the occurrence of a disease within a relatively limited geographic area.
Desensitisation
Health care; Pharmacy
Administration of increasing doses of drug to achieve patient tolerance and avoidance of hypersensitivity reactions.
Bonferroni
Health care; Pharmacy
A method for comparing means in analysis of variance; also called the Dunn multiple-comparison procedure.
Acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML)
Health care; Pharmacy
A heterogeneous group of disorders, also known as acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, each of which involves the uncontrolled proliferation of primitive blood-forming cells.
