| pharmaceutical preparations | Drugs intended for human or veterinary use, presented in their finished dosage form. Included here are materials used in the preparation and/or formulation of the finished dosage form. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| pharmaceutical services | Total pharmaceutical services provided by a qualified pharmacist. In addition to the preparation and distribution of medical products, they may include consultative services provided to agencies and institutions which do not have a qualified pharmacist. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pharmaceutical solutions | Homogeneous liquid preparations that contain one or more chemical substances dissolved, i.e., molecularly dispersed, in a suitable solvent or mixture of mutually miscible solvents. For reasons of their ingredients, method of preparation, or use, they do not fall into another group of products. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pharmaceutics | Synonym: pharmacy. 2. The science of pharmaceutical systems, i.e., preparations, dosage forms, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharmaceutist | <specialist> An individual trained in preparing and dispensing medicines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharmacies | Facilities for the preparation and dispensing of drugs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pharmacist | <specialist> An individual trained in preparing and dispensing medicines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharmacists | Those persons legally qualified by education and training to engage in the practice of pharmacy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pharmacists' aides | Persons who perform certain functions under the supervision of the pharmacist. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pharmaco- | Drugs. Origin: G. Pharmakon, medicine (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharmacochemistry | Medicinal chemistry in its application to the analysis, development, preparation, and the manufacture of drugs. Synonym: medicinal chemistry, pharmacochemistry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharmacodiagnosis | Use of drugs in diagnosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharmacodynamic | Relating to drug action. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharmacodynamics | <pharmacology, study> The study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and the mechanisms of their actions, including the correlation of actions and effects of drugs with their chemical structure, also, such effects on the actions of a particular drug or drugs. Contrast with pharmacokinetics. Origin: Gr. Dynamis = power (18 Nov 1997) |
| pharmacoendocrinology | The pharmacology of endocrine function. (05 Mar 2000) |