Pharmacy Professional Practice Lab

Patricia P. (United States of America)
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  1. acacia
    any of various spiny trees or shrubs
  2. aliquot
    signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity
  3. anti-inflammatory
    a medicine intended to reduce swelling
  4. antibiotic
    a substance used to kill microorganisms and cure infections
  5. astringent
    tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
  6. balance
    harmonious arrangement or relation of parts within a whole
  7. beaker
    a cup (usually without a handle)
  8. buccal
    of or relating to or toward the cheek
  9. camphor
    a resin obtained from the camphor tree
  10. capsule
    a small container
  11. computer
    a machine for performing calculations automatically
  12. cream
    the part of milk containing the butterfat
  13. cylinder
    a surface generated by rotating a line around a fixed line
  14. demulcent
    a medication that soothes inflamed or injured skin
  15. elixir
    a substance believed to cure all ills
  16. emulsion
    a mixture of liquids that do not normally stay mixed
  17. flask
    a small bottle that has a narrow neck
  18. graduate
    receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
  19. incorporate
    make into a whole or make part of a whole
  20. ingestion
    the process of taking food into the body through the mouth
  21. inhalation
    the act of drawing in air or other gases
  22. injection
    the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure
  23. intramuscular
    within a muscle
  24. intravenous
    within or by means of a vein
  25. 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)
  26. lactose
    a sugar that occurs only in milk
  27. lotion
    any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin
  28. 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
  29. mucosal
    of or relating to mucous membranes
  30. ointment
    skin cream that has a soothing, moisturizing effect
  31. ophthalmic
    of or relating to the eye
  32. otic
    of or relating to near the ear
  33. pectin
    any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams
  34. phenol
    any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds
  35. prescription
    the action of issuing authoritative rules or directions
  36. pulverize
    make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
  37. resorcinol
    a crystalline phenol obtained from various resins
  38. salicylate
    a salt of salicylic acid
  39. solution
    a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances
  40. suspension
    the act of hanging something from above so it moves freely
  41. torsion
    a twisting force
  42. tragacanth
    a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing
  43. transdermal
    through the unbroken skin
Created on Sat Oct 03 19:38:56 EDT 2009 (updated Sat Oct 03 19:42:10 EDT 2009)

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