| pharmaceutical chemistry | Medicinal chemistry in its application to the analysis, development, preparation, and the manufacture of drugs. Synonym: medicinal chemistry, pharmacochemistry. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| clinical chemistry | The chemistry of human health and disease, chemistry in connection with the management of patients, as in a hospital laboratory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical chemistry tests | Laboratory tests demonstrating the presence of physiologically significant substances in the blood, urine, tissue, and body fluids with application to the diagnosis or therapy of disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| physiological chemistry | The scientific study of the chemistry of living cells, tissues, organs and organisms. (09 Oct 1997) |
| computational chemistry | <chemistry> The use of computers to aid in the analysis of chemicals. (05 Jan 1998) |
| nuclear chemistry | The science concerned with the chemistry of nuclear reactions and processes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synthetic chemistry | The formation or building up of complex compounds by uniting the more simple ones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inorganic chemistry | The science concerned with compounds not involving carbon-containing molecules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organic chemistry | <chemistry> A branch of chemistry that deals specifically with the structures, synthesis and reactions of carbon-containing compounds. (11 Jan 1998) |
| ecological chemistry | Chemistry that concentrates on the effects of woman-made chemicals on the environment as well as the development of agents that are not harmful to the environment. The study of the molecular interactions between species and between species and the environment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epithermal chemistry | So-called "hot atom" chemistry; the science concerned with the chemical reactions of recoil atoms and free radicals produced in low energy nuclear processes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| academic medical centres | Medical complexes consisting of medical school, hospitals, clinics, libraries, administrative facilities, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| advance medical directives | Advance directives preserve the person's right to accept or reject a course of medical treatment even after that person becomes mentally or physically incapacitated to the point of being unable to communicate those wishes. There ared two basic types of advance directives: (1) a living will, in which the person outlines specific treatment guidelines that are to be followed by health care providers; (2) a health care proxy (also called a power of attorney for healthcare decision making) in which the person designates a trusted individual to make medical decisions in the event that he or she becomes too incapacitated to make such decisions. Advance directive requirements vary greatly from one jurisdiction to another and should therefore be drawn up in consultation with an attorney who is familiar with the laws of the particular jurisdiction. (This entry is based upon material from the National MS Society). (12 Mar 2000) |
| american medical association | Professional society representing the field of medicine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| genetics, medical | A field of human genetics which entails the reliable prediction of certain human disorders as a function of the lineage and/or genetic makeup of any two parents or potential parents. (12 Dec 1998) |