+
Related Flashcards
Related Topics
Cards In This Set
| Front | Back |
|
Addition
|
Habitual use of a drug
|
|
Alllergy
|
An unusual sensitivity to a drug
|
|
Analgesic
|
A medicine used to relieve pain
|
|
Anesthetic, general
|
A medicine that produces total loss of consciousness and insensibility to pain.
|
|
Anesthetic, local
|
A medicine that diminishes the sensibility of the part to which it is applied.
|
|
Anthelmintic
|
A drug used in the treatment of worms.
|
|
Antacids
|
A substance which counteracts or neutralized acids in the stomach
|
|
Antibiotic
|
Against life; but restricted in use to antibacterial agents of mirco-organism origin.
|
|
Anticoagulant
|
A substance that prevents blood clotting
|
|
Antidepressant
|
Prevents, relieves depression
|
|
Antidote
|
A substance to counteract poison
|
|
Antiemetics
|
A medicine that stops vomiting
|
|
Antihistamines
|
Relieve allergic symptoms
|
|
Antihypertensive
|
Reduces blood pressure
|
|
Antipyretic
|
A medicine that decreases the body temperature, relieves/fever
|
