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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

Affect

Health care; Pharmacy

Pattern of behaviours that a clinician can observe that expresses a person's current state of emotion.

Cranial nerve palsy

Health care; Pharmacy

Paralysis of one or more of the 12 cranial (brain) nerves.

Functional pain

Health care; Pharmacy

Pain because of abnormal operation of the nervous system.

Blinding

Health care; Pharmacy

The procedures used in a clinical study to ensure that the investigator, subject, or both are unaware of which treatment is being administered. In a single-blind study, either the investigator or ...

Cerebral autoregulation

Health care; Pharmacy

The process by which cerebral blood flow is maintained in a tight range over a wide range of peripheral blood pressures. It is accomplished by reactive dilation and constriction of cerebral ...

Embolization

Health care; Pharmacy

The process by which a blood clot or foreign material dislodges from its site of origin, flows in the blood, and blocks a distant vessel.

Dialysis

Health care; Pharmacy

The process of removing toxic substances and fluid across a semipermeable membrane to maintain fluid, electrolyte, and acid–base balance.

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