Across |
1. | a chemical agent that kills or prevents the growth of microorganisms on living tissue |
4. | from the pharmacological standpoint, ________ is a CNS depressant (hypnosis and analgesia) |
7. | the science concerned with the collection, preparation, standardization, and dispensing of drugs |
8. | a sleep producing drug but the patient can be awakened |
10. | the science concerned with the source, identification, and properties of a drug's natural origin |
12. | the study of dosages |
16. | a sleep producing drug; aka somnifacient |
18. | a chemical or combination of chemicals used to produce a quiet, painless death in animals for humane reasons |
19. | a chemical agent, organic in nature or mainly plant origin, contains one or more atoms of nitrogen. Examples: Atropine, caffeine, morphine, nicotine, epinephrine |
22. | a soothing inert substance which is used to coat an epithelial surface. Sometimes called a protectant |
28. | agent used to relieve itching |
29. | the sciences which deals with the interrelationships between heredity and drug response |
30. | an agent that exerts a relatively mild, and reversible, protein precipitant action on tissues |
34. | the use of a chemical compound in the specific treatment of a certain disease causing agent |
38. | a chemical agent that kills or prevents growth of microorganisms on inanimate objects |
40. | an agent used to inhibit or control coughing |
42. | without feeling or sensation; GENERAL causes the total loss of sensation, LOCAL causes loss of sensation in a localized area |
44. | a drug which enhances or accentuates a body function |
45. | a chemical compound containing a carbohydrate molecule which is attached to the main portion of the molecule via glycosidal or ether linkage. Usually of plant origin |
46. | a glycoside in which glucose is the carbohydrate molecule |
47. | an agent used to aid in the control of hemorrhage of a serious nature |
48. | an agent used locally to allay minor capillary hemorrhage |
49. | the study of harmful agents (poisons) |
50. | an agent which causes sweating (epinephrine in horses and sheep) |