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drug that RELIEVES PAIN WITHOUT INDUCING LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

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ANALGESIC

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drug that ELIMINATES PAIN perception in limited area by LOCAL ACTION ON SENSORY NERVES

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LOCAL ANESTHETIC

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a medication used to CONTROL SEIZURES (convulsions) or stop an ongoing series of seizures.

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ANTICONVULSANT

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agents that work by correcting the OVERPRODUCTION OF URIC ACID which causes intense inflammatory reaction

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ANTI-GOUT

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intended to reduce the effects/ intensity of MIGRAINE characterized by RECURRENT HEADACHES that are moderate to severe headache.

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ANTI-MIGRAINE

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drug that suppresses the NEUROLOGIC DISTURBANCES and symptoms of PARKINSONISM

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ANTI-PARKINSONISM

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drug that reduces fever by LOWERING THE BODY TEMPERATURE.

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ANTIPYRETIC

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a CNS depressant used to INDUCE SLEEP

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HYPNOTIC

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drug that suppresses symptom of ANXIETY

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ANXIOLYTIC

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a centrally acting drug that induces MOOD ELEVATION, useful in treating mental DEPRESSION

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ANTIDEPRESSANT

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drug that suppresses symptoms of PSYCHOSES of various diagnostic types

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ANTI-PSYCHOTIC

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a drug that suppress dizziness

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ANTI VERTIGO

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drug that suppresses MOTION SICKNESS like nausea, vomiting, and vertigo

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ANTI-MOTION SICKNESS

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an analgesic, anti-inflammatory drug that inhibits PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS

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NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY (NSAID)

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works by causing the MUSCLES to become LESS TENSE OR STIFF, which in turn reduces pain and discomfort

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MUSCLE RELAXANT

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anti-inflammatory drug used to treat ARTHRITIS and RHEUMATOID DISORDER.

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ANTIRHEUMATIC

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drug that PARALYZES SKELETAL MUSCLE by preventing transmission of neural impulses to them

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NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKER

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drug that KILLS OR INHIBIT PROTOZOAN PARASITES such as Entameoba histolytica, causative organism of amoebiasis

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ANTIAMOEBIC

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drug that kills or inhibit PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

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ANTIBACTERIAL

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drug that kills or inhibits pathogenic FILARIAL WORMS

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ANTIFILARIAL

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drug that kills or inhibits pathogenic FUNGI

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ANTIFUNGAL

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drug that kills or inhibits HELMINTHS

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ANTHELMINTIC

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drug that kills or inhibits Mycobacterium leprae, causative agent of LEPROSY

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ANTILEPROSY

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drug that kills or inhibits protozoa like in the case of MALARIA

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ANTIPROTOZOAL

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drug that kills or inhibits VIRUS

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ANTIVIRAL

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drug that kills or inhibits pathogenic flukes of genus SCHISTOSOMA

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ANTI-SCHISTOSOMAL

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an ANTIGEN containing drug used to INDUCE ACTIVE IMMUNITY against an infectious disease.

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VACCINE

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a SERUM OF AN ANIMAL OR HUMAN containing antibodies against a specific disease

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IMMUNE SERA

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are medicines that STIMULATE CERTAIN NERVES in your body. They do this by mimicking the action of the chemical messengers epinephrine & norepinephrine or by stimulating their release.

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ADRENERGIC AGENT

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agent that increases the CONTRACTILE STRENGTH OF HEART MUSCLE, a cardiotonic

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INOTROPIC AGENT

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a coronary vasodilator useful in preventing or treating attacks of ANGINA PECTORIS (chest pain).

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ANTI ANGINAL

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useful in suppressing RHYTHM IRREGULARITIES of the heart.

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ANTIARRHYTHMIC

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drug that LOWERS LIPID in the blood.

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ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC

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drug that PROMOTES RENAL EXCRETION of water & electrolytes useful in treating generalized EDEMA

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drugs that relieves ASTHMA symptoms

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ANTI ASTHMA

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drug that SUPRESSES COUGHING

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ANTITUSSIVE

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an agent which DISSOLVES THICK MUCUS and usually used to help RELIEVE RESPIRATORY DIFFICULTIES.

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a drug used to RELIEVE NASAL CONGESTION in the upper respiratory tract

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NASAL DECONGESTANT

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drug that attacks MALIGNANT CELL in the body.

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ANTINEOPLASTIC

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drugs that INHIBITS IMMUNE RESPONSE to foreign materials, used to SUPRESS REJECTION OF TISSUE GRAFT

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IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS

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a drug or other compound that inhibits the physiological effects of HISTAMINE, used especially in the treatment of ALLERGIES.

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ANTIHISTAMINE

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drug used to treat ANEMIA

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ANTI ANEMIC

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drug administered to SLOW CLOTTING of circulating blood, prophylactically to PREVENT HEART ATTACK

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ANTICOAGULANT

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drug that promotes REMOVAL OF SMALL FIBRIN CLOTS.

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FIBRINOLYTIC

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drug that promotes HOMEOSTASIS by inhibiting CLOT DISSOLUTION.

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ANTI FIBRINOLYTIC

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-used to treat patients who have suffered HEMORRHAGE OR SHOCK.

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PLASMA EXPANDER / SUBSTITUTE

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STERILE SOLUTION OF PROTEINS composed of
albumin & globulin from human plasma; used as a replacement therapy in patients with complex deficiencies of coagulation factors such as COAGULOPATHY.

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PLASMA PROTEIN FRACTION

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drug that reduces the effects of ingested poisons by ADSORBING TOXIC MATERIAL

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GENERAL ANTIDOTE

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drug that reduces the effects of a systemic poison by a mechanism that relates to the PARTICULAR POISON.

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SPECIFIC ANTIDOTE

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drug that neutralizes excess GASTRIC ACID

51
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drug that inhibits HISTAMINE-INDUCED gastric acid secretion used to treat PEPTIC and DUODENAL ULCERS

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H2 ANTAGONIST

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this is given to PROTECT THE ERODED ULCER SITED in the GIT from further damage by acid and digestive enzymes.

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MUCOSAL PROTECTANT

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used to relieve SPASM OF INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE like those of smooth muscle in the bowel wall.

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ANTISPASMODIC DRUG

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drug that suppresses NAUSEA AND VOMITING.

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ANTIEMETIC

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drugs used to alleviate symptoms of DIARRHEA

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ANTIMOTILITY

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drug that promotes DEFACATION

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LAXATIVE, CATHARTIC

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hormones produces by the SEX ORGANS which play an important role in the development of sexual characteristics

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SEX HORMONES

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a drug that prevents CONCEPTION.

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HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVE

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hormone that MAINTAINS METABOLIC FUNCTION and normal metabolic rate.

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THYROID HORMONE

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drug that REDUCES THYROID HORMONE FUNCTION usually inhibiting hormone synthesis.

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ANTI THYROID

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drug that SUPPLIES INSULIN or stimulates the secretion of insulin useful in the treatment of DIABETES MELLITUS.

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ANTI DIABETIC

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a drug that INDUCES LABOR by STIMULATING CONTRACTIONS of the muscles of the uterus.

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OXYTOCIC OR UTERINE STIMULANT

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drug used to suppress PREMATURE LABOR

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TOCOLYTIC OR UTERINE RELAXANT

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a solution containing ELECTROLYTES, carbohydrates & water used for REPLACEMENT OF FLUID and nutrients from the body

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ORAL REHYDRATING SOLUTION ORS

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a solution given INTRAVENOUSLY to MAINTAIN ADEQUATE HYDRATION, restore blood volume, re establish loss electrolyte or partial nutrition.

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PARENTERAL SOLUTION

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a solution used in PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, procedure which is used to CORRECT IMBALANCE OF FLUID or of electrolytes in the blood.

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PERITONEAL DIALYSIS SOLN

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a solution used in HEMODIALYSIS,
a procedure in which
the IMPURITIES ARE REMOVED FROM THE BLOOD.

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HEMODIALYSIS SOLN

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drug that inhibits physiologic response to CELL DAMAGE

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ANTI INFLAMMATORY

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a medication used to
treat SCABIES (an itchy skin disease caused by itch MITE.

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SCABICIDE / ANTI SCABIES

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– an agent that destroys LICE.

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PEDICULICIDE / ANTI-LICE

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drug that REDUCES ITCHING

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ANTIPRURITIC

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drug that SOFTENS THE SUPERFICIAL KERATIN layer of the skin and promotes DESQUAMATION (peeling).

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KERATOLYTIC

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agent used topically to TOUGHEN AND SHRINK TISSUE

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ASTRINGENT

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agent that DESTROYS MICROORGANISMS IN CONTACT and is suitable for STREILIZING animate or inanimate object

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ANTISEPTIC, DISINFECTANT

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an adrenergic drug used to topically in the eye to INDUCE DILATON of the pupil

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CHOLINERGIC drug used topically in the eye to induce CONSTRICTION of the pupil

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an ORGANIC CHEMICAL ESSENTIAL IN SMALL AMOUNTS of normal metabolism used therapeutically to supplement the vitamin contents of foods

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an INORGANIC SUBSTANCE OCCURING NATURALLY which plays a vital role in REGULATING MANY BODILY FUNCTIONS.

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