Medicinal Words

Patricia P. (United States of America)
Words from the Pharmacy
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  1. acacia
    any of various spiny trees or shrubs
  2. acidic
    having a pH of less than 7
  3. alkaline
    relating to or containing an alkali
  4. apothecary
    a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs
  5. atropine
    a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides
  6. balance
    harmonious arrangement or relation of parts within a whole
  7. basic
    reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible
  8. camphor
    a resin obtained from the camphor tree
  9. capsule
    a small container
  10. chemist
    a scientist who studies elements that make up matter
  11. computer
    a machine for performing calculations automatically
  12. cylinder
    a surface generated by rotating a line around a fixed line
  13. druggist
    a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs
  14. education
    activities that impart knowledge or skill
  15. elixir
    a substance believed to cure all ills
  16. emulsion
    a mixture of liquids that do not normally stay mixed
  17. eutectic
    a mixture of substances having a minimum melting point
  18. flask
    a small bottle that has a narrow neck
  19. graduate
    receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
  20. indelible
    not able to be forgotten, removed, or erased
  21. kaolin
    a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
  22. laboratory
    a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
  23. lactose
    a sugar that occurs only in milk
  24. menthol
    a crystalline compound that has the cool and minty taste and odor that occurs naturally in peppermint oil; used as a flavoring and in medicine to relieve itching, pain, and nasal congestion
  25. mortar
    a vessel in which substances can be ground with a pestle
  26. pectin
    any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams
  27. pestle
    a hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
  28. pharmacist
    a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs
  29. phenobarbital
    a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative
  30. phenol
    any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds
  31. powder
    a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles
  32. salol
    a white powder with a pleasant taste and odor
  33. solution
    a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances
  34. surfactant
    a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
  35. suspension
    the act of hanging something from above so it moves freely
  36. tablet
    a small, flat, compressed cake of some substance
  37. thymol
    a colorless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antiseptic
  38. torsion
    a twisting force
  39. tragacanth
    a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing
Created on Mon Apr 27 11:07:48 EDT 2009 (updated Thu Jun 04 10:28:58 EDT 2009)

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