| automobile driving | The effect of environmental or physiological factors on the driver and driving ability. Included are driving fatigue, and the effect of drugs, disease, and physical disabilities on driving. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| photic driving | A normal EEG phenomenon whereby the frequency of the activity recorded over the parieto-occipital regions is time-locked to the flash frequency during photic stimulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| driving | 1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm. 2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft. Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a locomotive. Driving box, a wheel that communicates motion; one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the connecting rods of the engine are attached; called also, simply, driver. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| veterinary drugs | Drugs used by veterinarians in the treatment of animal diseases. The veterinarian's pharmacological armamentarium is the counterpart of drugs treating human diseases, with dosage and administration adjusted to the size, weight, disease, and idiosyncrasies of the species. In the united states most drugs are subject to federal regulations with special reference to the safety of drugs and residues in edible animal products. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cytotoxic drugs | <pharmacology> Anti-cancer drugs which act by killing or preventing the division of cells. See: chemotherapy. (13 Nov 1997) |
| psychotropic drugs | A loosely defined grouping of drugs that have effects on psychological function. Here the psychotropic agents include the antidepressive agents, hallucinogens, and tranquillising agents (including the antipsychotics and anti-anxiety agents). (12 Dec 1998) |
| neuroleptic drugs | Literally nerve seising: used of chlorpromazine like drugs. Antagonise the effects of dopamine. Origin: Gr. Lepsis = a taking hold (18 Nov 1997) |
| street drugs | Drugs obtained and often manufactured illegally for the subjective effects they are said to produce. They are often distributed in urban areas, but are also available in suburban and rural areas, and tend to be grossly impure and may cause unexpected toxicity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| designer drugs | Drugs designed and synthesised, often for illegal street use, by modification of existing drug structures (e.g., amphetamines). Of special interest are mptp (a reverse ester of meperidine), mda (3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine), and mdma (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine). Many drugs act on the aminergic system, the physiologically active biogenic amines. (12 Dec 1998) |
| drugs, chinese herbal | Chinese herbal or plant extracts which are used as drugs to treat diseases or promote general well-being. The concept does not include synthesised compounds manufactured in china. (12 Dec 1998) |
| drugs, essential | Drugs considered essential to meet the health needs of a population as well as to control drug costs. (world health organization action programme on essential drugs, 1994, p3) (12 Dec 1998) |
| drugs, generic | Drugs whose drug name is not protected by a trademark. They may be manufactured by several companies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| drugs, investigational | Drugs which have received FDA approval for human testing but have yet to be approved for commercial marketing. This includes drugs used for treatment while they still are undergoing clinical trials (treatment ind). The main heading includes drugs under investigation in foreign countries. (12 Dec 1998) |
| drugs, non-prescription | Drugs that can be sold legally without a prescription. (12 Dec 1998) |
| drugs toxic to lung | <radiology> Bleomycin, methotrexate, cytoxan, amiodarone (12 Dec 1998) |