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Monday, October 21, 2019

PTCB - Chapter 1 - Pharmacy and Health Care - Definitions

Panacea
- a cure for all

Pharmacology
- the study of drugs: their properties, uses, application, and effects

Synthetic
- combining simpler chemicals into more complex compounds, creating a new chemical not found in nature

Antibiotic
- a substance that harms or kills microorganisms like bacteria and fungi

Materia medica
- generally pharmacology, but also refers to the drugs in use

Pharmaceutics
- of or about drugs; also, a drug product

Antitoxin
- a substance that acts against a toxin in the body; also, a vaccine containing antitoxins, used to fight disease

Hormones
- chemicals produced by the body that regulate body functions and processes

Human genome
- the complete set of genetic material contained in a human cell

Data
- information that is entered into and stored in a computer system

Sample Computer System
- patient profile, prescriber profile, education, product selection, inventory, labeling, security, pricing, management reporting, billing

Pharmacognosi
- the study of physical, chemical, biochemical, and biological properties of drugs as well as the search for new drugs from natural sources

Pharmaceutical
- of or about drugs; also, a drug product

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