Pharmaceutical Terminology - T thru Z Flashcards
T.I.D.
“Three times a day”
Target
A specific protein or enzyme upon which a drug acts.
Teratogenicity
The ability to cause abnormal development or malfunction of the fetus.
Tertiary Care
Highly specialized medical and surgical care for unusual or complex medical problems provided by a large medical center.
Therapeutic Area
A clinical discipline.
Therapeutic Category
A system of grouping drugs by common therapeutic indication.
Therapeutic Class
Drugs that share both an indication and a method of operation.
Therapeutic Concentration
Defines the necessary concentration of a medication in blood or tissue to achieve the desired affect.
Therapeutic Equivalents
Two drugs that are roughly interchangeable in safety and efficacy when used at roughly the same dose to treat the same health problem.
Therapeutic Index
Measure used to determine the safety of a medication.
Therapeutic
Treatment and healing of disease.
Tissue
Section of an organ that consists of a largely homogeneous population of cell types.
Titration
The manipulation of the dose of a medication based on the response by a patient, until the desired effect is achieved.
TM
Traditional medicine.
TNF
Tumor Necrosis Factor
Tolerance
Increase in the body’s resistance to the effects of a drug, leading to the need for higher doses to produce the same benefits.
Toxicity
The degree to which a drug or other substance is poisonous to and animal or person.
Toxicology
Division of medical and biological science concerned with the study of harmful effects of various substances, including drugs.
Transcription
The process of transfer of genetic information from DNA to RNA.
tRNA
Transfer RNA.
Tx
Shorthand for treatment.
Utilization Review
Evaluation by a health plan or healthcare institution of the cost of efficacy of care decisions made by a group of physicians.
V
Vomiting.
Vaccine
A biologic that the immune system recognizes as a disease causing agent.
