Chapter 3 + 4 Vocab

Question 1

drug is injected into the fatty tissue just below the skin

Answer 1

Subcutaneous (SC, SQ)

Question 2

Unintended effects caused by a drug

Answer 2

Side effects

Question 3

The way a drug is administered

Answer 3

Route of administration

Question 4

Minute specialized surface in different parts of the body that provide the sites of action for medications

Answer 4

Receptors

Question 5

The study of how drugs or other chemicals work in the body

Answer 5

Pharmacology

Question 6

The study of the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs in the body after they are administered

Answer 6

Pharmacokinetics

Question 7

Drugs that produce only partial effects through receptor interactions

Answer 7

Partial agonists

Question 8

Route of administration other than the digestive system

Answer 8

Parenteral

Question 9

Drug effects that damage the kidneys

Answer 9

Nephrotoxicity

Question 10

Drug is injected directly into a vein

Answer 10

Intravenous (IV)

Question 11

Drug is injected into a muscle

Answer 11

Intramuscular (IM)

Question 12

An allergic reaction

Answer 12

Hypersensitivity

Question 13

Drug effects that damage the liver

Answer 13

Hepatotoxicity

Question 14

Drugs effects that alter the composition of the blood

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Hematological effects

Question 15

Effects that may result when a patient takes two drugs simultaneously

Answer 15

Drug interaction

Question 16

Drugs that block the effects of chemicals that would otherwise produce an effect through interaction with receptors

Answer 16

Antagonists

Question 17

Drug effects that cause cancer

Answer 17

Carcinogenicity

Question 18

Drug effects that disrupt normal fetal development

Answer 18

Teratogenicity

Question 19

A disease of the human immune system that makes the individual highly vulnerable to life-threatening diseases

Answer 19

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Question 20

A substance able to inhibit or kill bacteria

Answer 20

Antibacterial

Question 21

A substance able to inhibit or kill a microorganism

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Antibiotic

Question 22

A substance able to inhibit or kill a fungus

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Antifungal

Question 23

A substance able to inhibit or kill a microorganism

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Antimicrobial

Question 24

A substance able to inhibit or kill a virus

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Antiviral

Question 25

Single-celled microorganisms that are often aggregated into colonies and may be pathogenic

Answer 25

Bacterial

Question 26

A mild type of abnormal new tissue growth that has no physiologic function and that does not threaten health

Answer 26

Benign tumor

Question 27

A malignant tumor that has unlimited potential for growth

Answer 27

Cancer

Question 28

A type of organism that was formerly classified as a plant without chlorophyll and includes molds, rusts, mushrooms, and yeasts

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Fungus

Question 29

The virus that causes AIDS Immunization: the creation of immunity to a particular disease through vaccination

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Question 30

An agent associated with the physiological reactions of the immune system

Answer 30

Immunobiologic

Question 31

The study of the immune system especially related to health and disease

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Immunology

Question 32

A type of abnormal new tissue growth that has no physiologic function and that threatens health and can lead to death

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Malignant tumor

Question 33

Capable of causing disease

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Pathogenic

Question 34

A virus that causes serious lower respiration tract infections in children and infants

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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Question 35

An abnormal new growth of tissue that possesses no physiological function

Answer 35

Tumor

Question 36

Administration of a microorganism that has been treated to make it harmless and will produce immunity to a disease

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Vaccination

Question 37

A preparation of microorganisms that have been treated to make them harmless that is administered to produce immunity to a disease

Answer 37

Vaccine

Question 38

Any of a large group of submicroscopic agents that can cause infection

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Virus