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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National kidney foundation (NKF)

Health care; Pharmacy

A major voluntary health organisation that seeks to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase ...

Viral hemorrhagic fevers

Health care; Pharmacy

A group of life-threatening illnesses caused by the filoviruses (eg, Ebola and Marburg) and arenaviruses (eg, Lassa and Machupo). Natural occurrence is geographically limited, but these viruses now ...

Intrauterine device

Health care; Pharmacy

A device inserted in the uterus to prevent pregnancy, either through spermicidal action (copper device) or thickening cervical mucus to inhibit sperm penetration and migration (progesterone device).

Observational study

Health care; Pharmacy

A nonexperimental analytic study in which the investigator monitors, but does not influence, the exposure status of individual subjects and their subsequent disease status.

Drug therapy problem

Health care; Pharmacy

* Any undesirable event experienced by a patient which involves, or is suspected to involve, drug therapy and that interferes with achieving the desired goals of therapy * Stated to include a ...

Fisher's exact test

Health care; Pharmacy

An exact test for 2 x 2 contingency tables. It is used when the sample size is too small to use the chi-square test.

Food-borne disease

Health care; Pharmacy

An illness that is caused by the ingestion of food or food products, often arising from contamination of the food with microbes or other toxic materials.