Test 3 Navy Corpsman
Chemical Name - answer Relates to the chemical and molecular structure.
Contraindication - answer Any condition which makes a particular treatment or
procedure inadvisable.
Drug - answer Therapeutic agent; any substance, other than food, used in prevention,
diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure of disease.
Generic name - answer Is often derived from the chemical name.
Hypersensitivity - answer abnormal sensitivity, a condition in which there is exaggerated
response by the body to the stimulus of foreign agents.
Indication - answer the basis for initiation of a treatment for a disease or of a diagnostic
test.
Maximum dose - answer The largest amount of medication that can be given without
reaching the toxic effect.
Opiate - answer A drug that contains opium, derivatives of opium, or any several
semisynthetic drugs with opium-like activity.
Opioid - answerStrictly speaking, pertaining to natural and synthetic chemicals that have
opium-like effects similar to morphine, though they are not derived from opium.
Patency - answerThe state of being freely open and exposed
Pharmacology - answerThe science concerned with drugs, their sources, appearance,
chemistry, actions, and uses
Pharmacy - answerIs the branch of pharmacology dealing with the preparation,
dispensing, and proper use of medications.
Physicians Desk Reference (PDR) - answerA comprehensive book listing of drug
products for medical professionals.
Therapeutic - answerIs the science of treating disease by any method that will relieve
pain, treat or cure diseases and infections, or prolong life.
Toxicology - answerIs the study of poisons, their actions, their detection, and the
treatment of the conditions produced by them.
, MTF - answerMedical Treatment Facility
Antitussives - answerAgents that inhibit or suppress the act of coughing.
Antiemetics - answerPreventing or arresting vomiting
Vaccines and Toxoids - answerAgents that artificially induce immunity to a specific
disease or toxin.
Tincture - answerAn alcohol extract from a plant or vegetable
Transdermal Disk/Patch - answerMedicated disk or patch absorbed through the skin
slowly over a long period of time.
Tablet - answerA powdered dosage form compressed into hard disks or cylinder.
Troche - answerA flat, round dosage form containing medication , flavoring, sugar, and
mucilage. Dissolves in the mouth.
Capsule - answerA solid dosage form for oral use;medication in powder, liquid, or oil
form encased by gelatin shell
Elixir - answerA clear liquid containing water and/or alcohol;designed for oral use
usually has sweetener added.
Enteric-coated tablet - answerA tablet for oral use coated with materials that do not
dissolve in stomach; dissolves in the intestine.
Extract - answerSyrup or dried form of an active medication, usually made by
evaporating the solution.
Lotion - answerA liquid suspension that usually protects, cools or cleanses skin
Ointment - answerSalve or cream; A semi-solid, externally applied preparation, usually
containing one or more medications.
Paste - answerOften used for skin protection; A semi-solid preparation, thicker and
stiffer than ointment. absorbs slower than ointment.
Pill - answerA solid dosage form containing one or more medications, shaped into
globules,ovoids,or oblong shaped.
Solution - answerA liquid preparation that may be used orally, parenterally, or externally
Chemical Name - answer Relates to the chemical and molecular structure.
Contraindication - answer Any condition which makes a particular treatment or
procedure inadvisable.
Drug - answer Therapeutic agent; any substance, other than food, used in prevention,
diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure of disease.
Generic name - answer Is often derived from the chemical name.
Hypersensitivity - answer abnormal sensitivity, a condition in which there is exaggerated
response by the body to the stimulus of foreign agents.
Indication - answer the basis for initiation of a treatment for a disease or of a diagnostic
test.
Maximum dose - answer The largest amount of medication that can be given without
reaching the toxic effect.
Opiate - answer A drug that contains opium, derivatives of opium, or any several
semisynthetic drugs with opium-like activity.
Opioid - answerStrictly speaking, pertaining to natural and synthetic chemicals that have
opium-like effects similar to morphine, though they are not derived from opium.
Patency - answerThe state of being freely open and exposed
Pharmacology - answerThe science concerned with drugs, their sources, appearance,
chemistry, actions, and uses
Pharmacy - answerIs the branch of pharmacology dealing with the preparation,
dispensing, and proper use of medications.
Physicians Desk Reference (PDR) - answerA comprehensive book listing of drug
products for medical professionals.
Therapeutic - answerIs the science of treating disease by any method that will relieve
pain, treat or cure diseases and infections, or prolong life.
Toxicology - answerIs the study of poisons, their actions, their detection, and the
treatment of the conditions produced by them.
, MTF - answerMedical Treatment Facility
Antitussives - answerAgents that inhibit or suppress the act of coughing.
Antiemetics - answerPreventing or arresting vomiting
Vaccines and Toxoids - answerAgents that artificially induce immunity to a specific
disease or toxin.
Tincture - answerAn alcohol extract from a plant or vegetable
Transdermal Disk/Patch - answerMedicated disk or patch absorbed through the skin
slowly over a long period of time.
Tablet - answerA powdered dosage form compressed into hard disks or cylinder.
Troche - answerA flat, round dosage form containing medication , flavoring, sugar, and
mucilage. Dissolves in the mouth.
Capsule - answerA solid dosage form for oral use;medication in powder, liquid, or oil
form encased by gelatin shell
Elixir - answerA clear liquid containing water and/or alcohol;designed for oral use
usually has sweetener added.
Enteric-coated tablet - answerA tablet for oral use coated with materials that do not
dissolve in stomach; dissolves in the intestine.
Extract - answerSyrup or dried form of an active medication, usually made by
evaporating the solution.
Lotion - answerA liquid suspension that usually protects, cools or cleanses skin
Ointment - answerSalve or cream; A semi-solid, externally applied preparation, usually
containing one or more medications.
Paste - answerOften used for skin protection; A semi-solid preparation, thicker and
stiffer than ointment. absorbs slower than ointment.
Pill - answerA solid dosage form containing one or more medications, shaped into
globules,ovoids,or oblong shaped.
Solution - answerA liquid preparation that may be used orally, parenterally, or externally
