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Vocabulary About Medications Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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Causing a bodily craving for a substance which results from prior usage of the substance .

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Addiction

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A condition or a symptom indicating that a certain drug or procedure ordinarily advisable should not be used in this particular situation or by particular patient .

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Contraindication

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Specified quantity of a drug recommended for a patient .

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Dose

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An amount in excess of normal quantity

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Overdose

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A drug that depresses the “ CNS “

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Narcotic

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A written instruction by a physician to permit a pharmacist to dispense medication to a patient .

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Prescription

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