Pharmaceutical Definitions Flashcards
1
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What is the definition of drugs?
A
Chemical substances used to diagnose, treat or prevent disease, or are intended to affect the structure or any function of the body.
2
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What is the definition of medicines?
A
Delivery systems for administrating drugs to the body in a safe, effective, accurate reproducible and convenient manner.
3
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What is the definition of bio pharmaceutics?
A
Study of how the physiochemical properties of the drug and medicine combine with physiological aspects of delivery routes to determine rate and extent of absorption.
4
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What is the definition of formulation?
A
The act of designing and producing a medicine from first principles.
5
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What is the definition of preformulation?
A
Everything that needs to happen first with a new drug candidate.
