Ch.1 Terms

Question 1

Apothecary

Answer 1

Latin term for pharmacist; also, a place where drugs are sold

Question 2

Bloodletting

Answer 2

The practice of draining blood; believed to release illness

Question 3

Caduceus

Answer 3

Often confused as the symbol of the medicine field; it is a staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top

Question 4

Dogma

Answer 4

Code of beliefs based on ideology, religion, or authoritative tradition rather than factual evidence

Question 5

Hippocratic Oath

Answer 5

An oath taken by physicians concerning the ethics and practice of medicine

Question 6

Inpatient pharmacy

Answer 6

A pharmacy in a hospital or institutional setting

Question 7

Laudanum

Answer 7

A mixture of opium and alcohol used to treat dozens of illness through the 1800s

Question 8

Leeches

Answer 8

A type of segmented worm with suckers that attach to the skin of a host and engorge themselves on the host’s blood

Question 9

Maggots

Answer 9

Fly larvae that fed on dead tissue; used in medicine to clean wounds not responding to routine antibiotics

Question 10

Medicine

Answer 10

The science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease

Question 11

Opioid

Answer 11

Any agent that binds to opioid receptors

Question 12

Opium

Answer 12

An analgesic that made from the poppy plant

Question 13

Outpatient pharmacy

Answer 13

Pharmacy that serve patients in their communities; pharmacies that are not in inpatient facilities

Question 14

Pharmacist

Answer 14

Person who dispenses drugs and counsels patients on medication use and any interactions it may have with food or other drugs

Question 15

Pharmacy

Answer 15

Drug or remedy (Greek word pharmakon); place where drugs are sold

Question 16

Pharmacy clerk

Answer 16

Person who assists the pharmacist at the front counter of the pharmacy; the person who accepts payment for medications

Question 17

Pharmacy technician

Answer 17

Person who assists a pharmacist by filling prescriptions and performing other non discretionary tasks

Question 18

Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)

Answer 18

Issues a national exam for pharmacy technician

Question 19

Placebo effect

Answer 19

A person suffering symptoms from illness experiences relief through faith in a treatment that provides no tangible medicinal or treatment value

Question 20

Shaman

Answer 20

A person who holds a high place of honor in a tribe as a healer and spiritual mediator

Question 21

Staff of Asclepius

Answer 21

The symbol of the medical profession; it is a wingless staff with one snake wrapped around it

Question 22

Trephining

Answer 22

A practice of making an opening in the head to allow disease to leave the body