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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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Detoxification programmes
Health care; Pharmacy
A medically supervised treatment programme for alcohol or drug addiction designed to purge the body of intoxicating or addictive substances. Such a programme is used as a first step in overcoming ...
Functional psychiatric disorder
Health care; Pharmacy
A mental disorder that is primarily defined by a constellation of symptoms and behaviours and for which the pathophysiologic aetiology is still largely unknown.
Adjusted rate
Health care; Pharmacy
A rate adjusted so that it is independent of the distribution of a possible confounding variable. For example, age-adjusted rates are independent of the age distribution in the population to which ...
Antibody
Health care; Pharmacy
A protein, often produced in response to exposure to an antigen, that binds to the antigen and thereby stimulates its inactivation by the immune system.
Dementia
Health care; Pharmacy
A chronic progressive neurodegenerative syndrome characterised by a decline in memory and at least one other cognitive function.
Adoptive immunotherapy
Health care; Pharmacy
Administration of immune cells for the purpose of cancer treatment.
