| CADD | computer-aided drug design |
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| CDER | Center for Drug Evaluation and Research; chronic granulomatous disease |
| CDP | chondrodysplasia punctata; chronic destructive periodontitis; collagenase-digestible protein; contin... |
| CHDM | comprehensive hospital drug monitoring |
| DAF | decay-accelerating factor; delayed auditory feedback; drug-adulterated food |
| fixed drug eruption | A type of drug eruption that recurs at a fixed site (or sites) following the administration of a particular drug; the lesions usually consist of intensely erythematous and purplish, sharply demarcated macules, and occasionally of herpetic vesicles; the affected areas undergo gradual involution, but flare and enlarge on readministration of the offending drug and may become hyperpigmented. Iodine eruption, an acneform or follicular eruption or granulomatous lesion caused by a reaction to systemic iodine or iodide administration. Kaposi's varicelliform eruption, a now rare complication of vaccinia superimposed on atopic dermatitis, with generalised vesicles and vesicopapules and high fever. Synonym: eczema vaccinatum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| food and drug administration | The U.S. Agency responsible for regulation of biotechnology foodproducts. The major laws under which the agency has regulatory powersinclude the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic act, and the Public Health Service Act. (09 Oct 1997) |
| food-drug interactions | The pharmacological result, either desirable or undesirable, of drugs interacting with components of the diet. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, drug | Laws concerned with manufacturing, dispensing, and marketing of drugs. (12 Dec 1998) |