Chaoter 21-22 Flashcards
Pharmacokinetics
Study of a drugs absorption, distribution into body compartments, metabolism, and excretion over a period.
Chemical name
Exact chemical makeup.
Generic name
Legal and scientific name.
Brand name
Trademark of a drug manufacturer.
USP
United States pharmacopeia.
PDR
Physicians desk reference.
Receptor
Target of drug.
Combination of two drugs in greater than the total effects of each drug by itself
Synergism (potentiation).
Are/o
Air.
Alges/o
Sensitivity to pain.
Chem/o
Drug.
Cras/o
Mixture.
Erg/o
Work.
Esthes/o
Feeling sensation.
Hist/o
Tissue.
Hypn/o
Sleep.
Iatr/o
Treatment.
Lingu/o
Tongue.
Myc/o
Mold, fungus.
Narc/o
Stupor.
Or/o
Mouth.
Prurit/o
Itching.
Pyret/o
Fever.
Thec/o
Sheath.
Vas/o
Vessel.
Vit/o
Life.
Ana-
Upward.
Par-
Other than, apart.
Psychiatry
Branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illness.
Pharmacodynamics
Study of a drugs effect in the body.
Obsessive compulsive disorder OCD
Recurrent thoughts repetitive acts and rituals.
Post traumatic stress disorder
Fear, helplessness, insomnia, and nightmares.
General anxiety disorder GAD
Chronic anxiety and exaggerated worry and tension even when there is little or nothing to provoke such feelings.
Delirium
Mental confusion, incoherent speech, sensory misperception, disorientation, memory impairment.
Dementia
Gradual loss of intellectual abilities involving impairment of judgment, memory, abstract thinking, and personality.
Bipolar disorder
Alternating manic and depressive episodes.
Cyclothymic disorder
Mild bipolar with at least 2 years of hypomania and numerous depressive episodes.
Personality disorders
Impaired ways of thinking and relating to and performing the environment and self leading to conflict distress and inflexibility.
Schizophrenia
Chronic psychotic disorder characterized by disturbed thinking and disorganized speech.
Somatoform disorders
Mental conflicts are expressed as physical symptoms.
Conversion disorder
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.
Hypochondriasis
Preoccupation with bodily aches,, pains, and discomforts in the absence of real illness.
Psychological dependence
Compulsion to take a drug despite adverse consequences.
Physiologic dependence
Withdrawal when the drug is abruptly discontinued.
Affect
External expression of emotion.
Apathy
Absence of emotions; emotions of interests or emotional involvement.
Autism
Pervasive developmental disorder characterized by inhibited social interaction and communication and by restricted, repetitive behavior.
Compulsion
Uncontrollable urge to preform an act repeatedly.
Defense mechanism
Unconscious technique a person uses to resolve or conceal conflicts and anxiety.
Delusion
Fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by changed by logical reasoning or evidence.
Ego
Central coordinating branch of the personality or mind.
Fugue
Flight from customary surroundings.
Labile
Unstable undergoing rapid emotional change.
Mania
Extreme excitement, hyperactive elation, and agitation.
Mutism
Non reactive state with inability to speak.
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Anxiety disorder in which recurrent thoughts and report ice acts dominate behavior.
Paraphilia
Recurrent intense sexual urge, fantasy, or behavior that involves unusual objects, activities, or situations.
Pervasive developmental disorders
Group of childhood disorders characterized by delays in socialization and communication skills.
Projective (personality test)
Diagnostic personality test to stimuli to evoke responses that reflect aspects of an individual’s personality.
Anxi/o
Uneasy, anxious.
Auto
Self.
Ment/o
Mind.
Phil/o
Attraction to, love.
Schiz/o
Split.
Somat/o
Body.
-genic
Produced by.
-leptic
To seize hold of.
-mania
Obsessive.
-phoria
Feeling.
-thymia
Mind.
Cata-
Down.
Hypo-
Less than.
Para-
Abnormal.
PO
Oral.
IM
Intramuscular injection. (Parenteral)
R
Rectal.
SC
Subcutaneous injection. (Par enteral)
SQ
Subcutaneous.
Parenteral
Administered in a manner through the digestive track.
Topical
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.
Anaphylaxis
Acute allergic reaction to antigens which the body becomes hypersensitive.
Antirrythmic
Drugs that are used to treat abnormal heart rhythms resulting for irregular electrical activity of the heart.
Beta blocker
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)
Anti-anginal
Any drug used in the treatment of angina pectoris, symptom of ischaemic heart disease.
Analgesic
Drugs that provide pain relief.
Anti-emetics
Prevents suppression of nausea or vomiting.
IV
Intravenous.
Psychotherapy
Tx
-treatment of a mental disorder.
Psychoanalysis
Analysis of a problem to treat mental disorders by investigating the interaction of consciousness and unconscious elements.
Id
Unconscious.
Narcissistic
Rate low self esteem by developing a superficial sense of perfection.
Adjuvant therapy
For cancer usually refers to divert followed by chemo or radiotherapy to help decrease the risk of cancer.
Mitosis
Cell decision in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as he parent nucleus.
Meiosis
Cell division in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the patent cells.
Anesthetics
Substance that induced insensitivity to pain. The study of anesthesia.
Remission
Diminution of the seriousness or intensity of disease or pain. Temporary recovery.
Leiomyoma
Benign tumor of smooth muscle that is found in the heart and uterus. (Fibroid)
Adenocarcinoma
Malignant tumor formed from glandular structures in epithelial tissue.
Ewing sarcoma
Malignant small round blue cell tumor.
Carcinoma in situ
CIS, group of abnormal cells in the neoplasm.
Modality
Therapeutic method or agent such as surgery, chemotherapy, electro therapy, that involves physical treatment of a disorder.
Estrogen receptor assay
Microscopic examination of breast tumor tissue used to determine the probably response of a tumor to endocrine therapy.
Inherited cancers
BRCA1,BRCA2. Breast, ovarian cancer.
Thallium
Method of examining the heart to obtain information about the blood supply to the heart muscle.
Tomography
A technique for displaying representation of a cross section through a human body or other solid object using X-ray or ultrasound.
Perfusion
Defined as the passage of fluid through the lymphatic system or blood vessels to an organ or tissue.
Myelosupression
Suppression of bone marrows production of blood cells and platelets.
Fibrosis
Thickening and scarring of connective tissue usually after injury.
Alopecia
Baldness.
Myelogram
X-ray study that involves the injection of a dye.
Repression
The act or force to control something.
Severe dysphoric mood
Anxiety, irritability, fear, appetite and sleep disturbances, weight loss.. Etc.
Toxicology
Branch of science concerned with the nature effects and detection of poisons.
Oncogene
Gene that in certain circumstances can transform a cell into a tumor cell.
Hospital formulary
Revised compilation of approved pharmaceuticals.
IVP
Intravenous pyelogram. X-ray test that provides pictures of kidneys, bladder, uterus. Shows the size shape and position of the unitary track.
RP
Registered pharmacist.
Venogram
X ray of veins.
SPECT
Single photon emission computed tomography is a nuclear medicine procedure in which a gamma camera rotates around the patient and takes pictures of angles.
PET
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.
Vivo
Living.
Vitro
Glass.
Fungating tumor
Lesion that is marked by ulceration (breaks on skin or organ) and necrosis (death of living tissue) that usually has a bad smell.
IR
Interventional radiology.
Iatrogenic
Relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment.
Diuretic
Promotes the formation of urine in the kidney.
Agoraphobia
Fear of crowded spaces.
Biological response modifiers
Substances that stimulate the body’s response to infection and disease.
