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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Quality-adjusted life-years (QALY)

Health care; Pharmacy

A health outcome summary measure in which quantity of life is adjusted for its quality. A year in full health is equivalent to 1. 0 QALY. A year in a health state considered worse than full health, ...

Hemolytic uremic syndrome

Health care; Pharmacy

A condition characterised by the breakup of red blood cells (hemolysis) and kidney failure. Platelets clump together within the kidney's small blood vessels resulting in ischemia leading to kidney ...

Polymerase chain reaction

Health care; Pharmacy

A laboratory technique for rapidly synthesising large quantities of a particular portion of genetic material.

Ultradian sleep-wake rhythm

Health care; Pharmacy

A cycle of sleep and wake that repeats in less than 24 hours. Babies have an ultradian sleep-wake rhythm with multiple sleep and wake periods in a 24-hour period.

Sampling frame

Health care; Pharmacy

A list of all possible subjects or objects in the population from which a random sample is to be drawn; required for some types of sampling, such as systematic sampling.

Partially improved

Health care; Pharmacy

* One of the standard terms for describing the outcome status of a patient's medical condition being treated with pharmacotherapy. * Some measurable progress is being made toward achieving the ...