PHARMACY TERMINOLOGY Flashcards
ADSORPTION
VERY THIN LAYER (MOSTLY GAS) ON THE SURFACE
ACUTE
UNPLEASANT SITUATION PRESENT SEVERAL TIMES/DEGREE
ANALGESIC
A.A. STOPS PAIN, PAINKILLER
ANGINA PECTORIS
A CONDITION THAT CAUSES STRONG CHEST PAIN (HEART ORIGINATED)
ANTIARRHYTMIC
A.A. REGULATES THE HEART BEATS TO THEIR NORMAL RHYTHM
ANTICOAGULENT
A.A. PREVENTS/SLOWS DOWN THE BLOOD FORMING A CLOT (PIHTI)
ANTICOLIC
A.A. USED AGAINST GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) SYSTEM PAIN
ANTIDIARRHERICA
A.A PREVENT/TREATS DIARRHEA
ANTIEMETIC
A.A PREVENTS VOMITING
ANTIINFLAMMATORY
A.A REDUCE PAIN AND SWELLING
ANTIHELMINTIC
EXPELLING/DESTROYING PARASITIC WORMS (ESPECIALLY OF THE INTESTINE)
ANTIHEMORRHAGIC
A.A PREVENTS BLEEDING
ANTIHISTAMINIC
A.A TREATING ALLERGIC REACTIONS
ANTICHOLINERGIC
OPPOSING/BLOCKING THE PHYSIOLOGIC ACTION OF ACETYLCHOLINE (REDUCING GASTRIC SECRETION, PREVENTING CONTRACTION -KASILMA-)
ANTIPYRETIC
A.A PREVENT/REDUCE PAIN
ANTIRHEUNATIC
A.A ALLEVIATING/PREVENTING RHEUMATISM -ROMATİZMA-
BUCCAL
RELATING TO THE INSIDE OF THE MOUTH, ESP. THE CHEEK
BRONCHODILATOR
A.A RELAXES BRONCHIAL MUSCLE RESULTING IN EXPANSION OF THE BRONCHIAL AIR PASSAGES
TONUS
DEVAMLI KAS KASILMASI
CORRODE
AŞINDIRMAK
INTESTINE-BOWEL / COLON / FECES
BAĞIRSAK / KALIN BAĞIRSAK / DIŞKI
PURGED
ARINDIRILMIŞ
CARMINATIVE
A.A EXPELS GAS FROM THE STOMACH/INTESTINES SO AS TO RELIVE FLATULENCE/ABDOMINAL PAIN
INFLAMMATION
İLTİHAP