Terminology of Chemotherapy

Question 1

Chemotherapeutic

Answer 1

any chemical used in the treatment, relief, or prophylaxis of a disease

Question 2

Prophylaxis

Answer 2

use of a drug to prevent potential for infection for infection in a person at risk

Question 3

antimicrobial chemotherapy

Answer 3

the use of chemotherapeutic drugs to control infection

Question 4

antimicrobials

Answer 4

all inclusive term for any antimicrobial drug, regardless of its origin

Question 5

antibiotics

Answer 5

substances produced by the natural metabolic processes of some microorganisms that can inhibit or destroy other microoorganisms

Question 6

semisynthetic drugs

Answer 6

drugs that are chemically modified in the laboratory after being isolated from natural sources

Question 7

synthetic dugs

Answer 7

antimicrobial compounds synthesized entirely in the laboratory through chemical reactions

Question 8

narrow spectrum (limited spectrum)

Answer 8

antimicrobials effective against a limited array of microbial types; for example, a drug effective mainly on gram-positive bacteria

Question 9

Broad spectrum (extended spectrum)

Answer 9

antimicrobials effective against a wide variety of microbial types; for example, a drug effective against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria