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Chaoter 21-22 Flashcards

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Pharmacokinetics

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Study of a drugs absorption, distribution into body compartments, metabolism, and excretion over a period.

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Chemical name

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Exact chemical makeup.

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Generic name

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Legal and scientific name.

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Brand name

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Trademark of a drug manufacturer.

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USP

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United States pharmacopeia.

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PDR

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Physicians desk reference.

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Receptor

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Target of drug.

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Combination of two drugs in greater than the total effects of each drug by itself

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Synergism (potentiation).

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Are/o

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Air.

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Alges/o

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Sensitivity to pain.

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Chem/o

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Drug.

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Cras/o

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Mixture.

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Erg/o

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Work.

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Esthes/o

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Feeling sensation.

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Hist/o

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Tissue.

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Hypn/o

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Sleep.

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Iatr/o

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Treatment.

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Lingu/o

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Tongue.

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Myc/o

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Mold, fungus.

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Narc/o

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Stupor.

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Or/o

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Mouth.

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Prurit/o

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Itching.

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Pyret/o

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Fever.

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Thec/o

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Sheath.

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Vas/o

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Vessel.

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Vit/o

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Life.

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Ana-

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Upward.

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Par-

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Other than, apart.

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Psychiatry

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Branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illness.

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Pharmacodynamics

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Study of a drugs effect in the body.

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Obsessive compulsive disorder OCD

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Recurrent thoughts repetitive acts and rituals.

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Post traumatic stress disorder

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Fear, helplessness, insomnia, and nightmares.

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General anxiety disorder GAD

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Chronic anxiety and exaggerated worry and tension even when there is little or nothing to provoke such feelings.

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Delirium

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Mental confusion, incoherent speech, sensory misperception, disorientation, memory impairment.

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Dementia

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Gradual loss of intellectual abilities involving impairment of judgment, memory, abstract thinking, and personality.

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Bipolar disorder

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Alternating manic and depressive episodes.

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Cyclothymic disorder

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Mild bipolar with at least 2 years of hypomania and numerous depressive episodes.

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Personality disorders

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Impaired ways of thinking and relating to and performing the environment and self leading to conflict distress and inflexibility.

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Schizophrenia

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Chronic psychotic disorder characterized by disturbed thinking and disorganized speech.

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Somatoform disorders

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Mental conflicts are expressed as physical symptoms.

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Conversion disorder

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Repressed conflicts expressed as physical symptoms. Condition marked by physical symptoms with no organic basis, appearing as a result of anxiety and unconscious inner conflict.

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Hypochondriasis

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Preoccupation with bodily aches,, pains, and discomforts in the absence of real illness.

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Psychological dependence

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Compulsion to take a drug despite adverse consequences.

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Physiologic dependence

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Withdrawal when the drug is abruptly discontinued.

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Affect

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External expression of emotion.

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Apathy

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Absence of emotions; emotions of interests or emotional involvement.

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Autism

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Pervasive developmental disorder characterized by inhibited social interaction and communication and by restricted, repetitive behavior.

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Compulsion

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Uncontrollable urge to preform an act repeatedly.

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Defense mechanism

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Unconscious technique a person uses to resolve or conceal conflicts and anxiety.

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Delusion

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Fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by changed by logical reasoning or evidence.

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Ego

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Central coordinating branch of the personality or mind.

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Fugue

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Flight from customary surroundings.

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Labile

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Unstable undergoing rapid emotional change.

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Mania

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Extreme excitement, hyperactive elation, and agitation.

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Mutism

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Non reactive state with inability to speak.

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Obsessive compulsive disorder

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Anxiety disorder in which recurrent thoughts and report ice acts dominate behavior.

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Paraphilia

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Recurrent intense sexual urge, fantasy, or behavior that involves unusual objects, activities, or situations.

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Pervasive developmental disorders

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Group of childhood disorders characterized by delays in socialization and communication skills.

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Projective (personality test)

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Diagnostic personality test to stimuli to evoke responses that reflect aspects of an individual’s personality.

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Anxi/o

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Uneasy, anxious.

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Auto

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Self.

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Ment/o

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Mind.

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Phil/o

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Attraction to, love.

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Schiz/o

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Split.

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Somat/o

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Body.

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-genic

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Produced by.

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-leptic

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To seize hold of.

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-mania

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Obsessive.

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-phoria

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Feeling.

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-thymia

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Mind.

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Cata-

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Down.

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Hypo-

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Less than.

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Para-

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Abnormal.

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PO

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Oral.

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IM

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Intramuscular injection. (Parenteral)

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R

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Rectal.

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SC

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Subcutaneous injection. (Par enteral)

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SQ

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Subcutaneous.

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Parenteral

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Administered in a manner through the digestive track.

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Topical

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Pertaining to an area such as a topical antiinfective agent to a certain area of skin and affecting only the area which it is applied.

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Anaphylaxis

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Acute allergic reaction to antigens which the body becomes hypersensitive.

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Antirrythmic

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Drugs that are used to treat abnormal heart rhythms resulting for irregular electrical activity of the heart.

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Beta blocker

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Any of a class or drugs that prevent the stimulation of adrenergic receptors responsible for increased cardiac action. (Used to control heart rhythm, treat angina, and reduce high blood pressure)

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Anti-anginal

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Any drug used in the treatment of angina pectoris, symptom of ischaemic heart disease.

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Analgesic

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Drugs that provide pain relief.

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Anti-emetics

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Prevents suppression of nausea or vomiting.

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IV

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Intravenous.

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Psychotherapy

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Tx

-treatment of a mental disorder.

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Psychoanalysis

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Analysis of a problem to treat mental disorders by investigating the interaction of consciousness and unconscious elements.

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Id

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Unconscious.

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Narcissistic

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Rate low self esteem by developing a superficial sense of perfection.

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Adjuvant therapy

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For cancer usually refers to divert followed by chemo or radiotherapy to help decrease the risk of cancer.

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Mitosis

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Cell decision in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as he parent nucleus.

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Meiosis

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Cell division in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the patent cells.

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Anesthetics

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Substance that induced insensitivity to pain. The study of anesthesia.

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Remission

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Diminution of the seriousness or intensity of disease or pain. Temporary recovery.

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Leiomyoma

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Benign tumor of smooth muscle that is found in the heart and uterus. (Fibroid)

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Adenocarcinoma

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Malignant tumor formed from glandular structures in epithelial tissue.

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Ewing sarcoma

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Malignant small round blue cell tumor.

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Carcinoma in situ

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CIS, group of abnormal cells in the neoplasm.

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Modality

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Therapeutic method or agent such as surgery, chemotherapy, electro therapy, that involves physical treatment of a disorder.

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Estrogen receptor assay

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Microscopic examination of breast tumor tissue used to determine the probably response of a tumor to endocrine therapy.

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Inherited cancers

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BRCA1,BRCA2. Breast, ovarian cancer.

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Thallium

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Method of examining the heart to obtain information about the blood supply to the heart muscle.

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Tomography

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A technique for displaying representation of a cross section through a human body or other solid object using X-ray or ultrasound.

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Perfusion

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Defined as the passage of fluid through the lymphatic system or blood vessels to an organ or tissue.

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Myelosupression

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Suppression of bone marrows production of blood cells and platelets.

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Fibrosis

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Thickening and scarring of connective tissue usually after injury.

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Alopecia

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Baldness.

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Myelogram

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X-ray study that involves the injection of a dye.

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Repression

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The act or force to control something.

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Severe dysphoric mood

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Anxiety, irritability, fear, appetite and sleep disturbances, weight loss.. Etc.

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Toxicology

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Branch of science concerned with the nature effects and detection of poisons.

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Oncogene

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Gene that in certain circumstances can transform a cell into a tumor cell.

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Hospital formulary

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Revised compilation of approved pharmaceuticals.

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IVP

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Intravenous pyelogram. X-ray test that provides pictures of kidneys, bladder, uterus. Shows the size shape and position of the unitary track.

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RP

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Registered pharmacist.

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Venogram

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X ray of veins.

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SPECT

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Single photon emission computed tomography is a nuclear medicine procedure in which a gamma camera rotates around the patient and takes pictures of angles.

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PET

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Positron emission tomography nuclear imaging method that reveals how your tissues and organs are functioning. Uses a radioactive drug to show activity. Tracer can be Injected or inhaled.

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Vivo

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Living.

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Vitro

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Glass.

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Fungating tumor

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Lesion that is marked by ulceration (breaks on skin or organ) and necrosis (death of living tissue) that usually has a bad smell.

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IR

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Interventional radiology.

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Iatrogenic

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Relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment.

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Diuretic

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Promotes the formation of urine in the kidney.

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Agoraphobia

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Fear of crowded spaces.

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Biological response modifiers

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Substances that stimulate the body’s response to infection and disease.

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