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Pharmacology
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A broad term that includes the study of drugs and their actions in the body
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Pharmacy
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The art of preparing, compounding, and dispensing drugs for medicinal use
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Toxicology
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The science that deals with poisons - their detection and the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions caused by them
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Drug
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Any substance used as medicine
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Adverse or untoward effect
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An action, usually negative, that is different from the planned effect
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Allergic reaction
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An untoward reaction that develops after the individual has taken a drug
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Diagnostic
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Pertaining to the art or act of determining the nature of a patient's disease
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Idiosyncrasy
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Abnormal sensitivity to a drug, or reaction not intended
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Palliative
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An agent or measure that relieves smptoms
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Prophylactic
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An agent or measure used to prevent disease
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Therapeutic
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Pertaining to treatment of disease
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Tolerance
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Increasing resistance to the usual effects of an established dosage of a drug as a result of continued use
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