Pharmacology Vocab

Question 1

Aerosol

Answer 1

Particles of drug suspended in air

Question 2

Analgesic

Answer 2

drug that relieves pain

Question 3

Anaphylaxi

Answer 3

exaggerated hypersensitivity reaction to a previously encountered drug or to a foreign protein (antigen)

Question 4

Anesthesia

Answer 4

a condition of no sensation

Question 5

Antidote

Answer 5

a medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison

Question 6

Antihistamine

Answer 6

a drug that blocks the action of histamine and helps prevent symptoms of allergy

Question 7

Antipruritic

Answer 7

pertaining to against itching

Question 8

Antipyretic

Answer 8

drug that lowers fever

Question 9

Contraindication

Answer 9

against advice, not as indicated

Question 10

Hypnotic

Answer 10

drug that promotes sleep or trance like state

Question 11

Hypodermic

Answer 11

pertaining to under the skin

Question 12

Iatrogenic

Answer 12

pertaining to produced by a treatment or procedure

Question 13

Idosyncrasy

Answer 13

unexpected effect produced in a particularly sensitive individual, but not seen in most patients