medical abbreviations | drug regulations | medicine through the ages | suffixes | prefixes |
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what is ung, oint
ointment
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What is 1970 poison prevention act
required child proof packaging on all controlled and most prescription drugs
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Who is Imhotep
was a priest and advisor to the pharaohs and the first physician to be known by name
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What is smell
osmia
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what is cyan
blue
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what is milliequivilant
mEq
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What is 1938 food, drug, and cosmetic act (FDC)
required new drugs to be shown safe before marketing
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Who is Alcmaeon
in 500 bc, saw diseases as a result of a loss of the body's natural equilibrium, rather than the work of the gods
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swallowing
phagia
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What is below or under
infra
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whay is troche
lozenge
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What is 1950 Alberty Food Products vs. US
the US court of appeals rules that the purpose for which a drug is used must be included on the label
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Who is Edward Jenner
in 1796, successfully uses a vaccine from the milder cowpox disease to inoculate against smallpox
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what is stop or stand
stasis
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What is gray
polio
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What is normal saline
NS
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What is1966 Fair packaging and Labeling Act
requires all consumer products in interstate commerce to be honestly and informatively labeled
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Who is Carl Koller
discovered that cocaine was useful as a local anesthetic
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What is fungal infection
mycosis
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Who is after
retro
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what is through naso-gastric tube
per n.g.t.
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What is pharmacognosy
requires drug manufacturers to provide proof of both safety and effectiveness before marketing the drug
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who is Russell Marker
in 1943, created the hormone progesterone from a species a mexican yam
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What is enlargement
megaly
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What is yellow
xanth
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