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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

Benign

Health care; Pharmacy

A mild illness; when applied to an abnormal growth of cells (viz, a neoplasm), it connotes a slowly progressing defect that is not invading adjacent tissues (in contrast to the rapid growth and ...

Clinically competent

Health care; Pharmacy

A practitioner who is legally and ethically informed and is able to draw upon appropriate pharmaceutical knowledge while problem solving to meet the patient's needs.

Dosing interval

Health care; Pharmacy

* The amount of time between administered doses (eg. every 8 hours. ) * Frequency of doses over a specified period of time (eg. 3 times a day. )

Controlled for

Health care; Pharmacy

A term used to describe a confounding variable that is taken into consideration in the design or the analysis of the study. (See also Adjustment. )

Analytic study

Health care; Pharmacy

A research investigation designed to test a hypothesis, often used in reference to a study of an exposure–disease association.

Drug informatics

Health care; Pharmacy

A technologically advanced version of drug information. This often denotes the electronic management of drug information.

Acromegaly

Health care; Pharmacy

A pathologic condition characterised by excessive production of growth hormone.

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