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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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Adjustment
Health care; Pharmacy
A procedure for overall comparison of two or more populations in which background differences in the distribution of covariables are removed. (See also Standardization. )
Drug therapy
Health care; Pharmacy
* Includes the drug product and the dosage regimen being taken by a patient for a therapeutic indication. * Used synonymously with pharmacotherapy.
Antigen
Health care; Pharmacy
A protein, usually foreign in origin, that is capable of generating an immune response in a host animal.
Bleeding diathesis
Health care; Pharmacy
A condition in which there is an unusual susceptibility or predisposition to bleeding.
Codon
Health care; Pharmacy
A sequence of three consecutive nucleotides that specify an amino acid or amino acid chain termination.
Cerebral palsy
Health care; Pharmacy
A disorder manifested by speech disturbances and lack of muscular coordination that arises from damage to the brain of a newborn before, during, or shortly after birth.
Combination
Health care; Pharmacy
A formula in probability that gives the number of ways a specific number of items, say X, can be selected from the total number of items, say n, in the entire population or sample.
