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| Chemical compounds that dissociate into ions when in solution; usually refers to extracellular sodium, potassium, and chloride |
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| Body fluid containted within the cells |
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| Charged particle formed by the dissociations of electrolytes in a solution |
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| Movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to one of lower concentration |
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| those vitamins, soluble in fat solvents (nonpolar solvents) and relatively insoluble in water, marked in chemical structure by the presence of large hydrocarbon moieties in the molecule; vitamins A, D, E, and K |
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| A diet that includes only liquids that lack residue--juices without pulp, tea, gelatin, clear broth. Ised as first diet after surgery, before some diagnostic tests and after acure episod of vomiting and diarrhea |
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| Body fluid containted outside of the cells; mainly interstitial fluid and plasma |
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| Fluid inside the blood and lymphatic vessels |
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| Movement of fluid through a semipermiable membrane from a region of lower to higher solute concentration |
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| The act or process of taking in; the amount taken in |
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| A diet that includes only liquids that lack residue--juices without pulp, tea, gelatin, clear broth. Ised as first diet after surgery, before some diagnostic tests and after acure episod of vomiting and diarrhea |
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| A full, well-balanced diet containing all of the essential nutrients needed for optimal growth, tissue repair, and normal functioning of the organs. |
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| Stretch receptors located in major arteries and veins that monitor vascular volume |
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| Passage of a solution through a semipermeable membrane from a region of higher pressure to a region of lower pressure |
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| Vitamins not stored in the body and the excess is excreted in the urine (B-complex vitamins and Vitamin C) |
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| A normal diet limited to soft, easily digestible foods |
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| Wound in which skin or mucous membranes are rubbed or scraped away; skin rubs against a hard surface. |
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| Removal of foreign material or dying tissue from a wound |
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| Process in which epidermal cells, which appear pink in color, reproduce and mograte across the surface of the partial-thickness wound |
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| Penetrating trauma by an instrument that penetrates the skin and underlying tissue. |
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| Localized accumulation of blood in a body tissue, organ, or space as a result of broken blood vessel |
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| Bedsore; result of the impeding of capillary blood flow to the skin or underlying tissue |
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| Containing serum and blood |
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| a bulb drain placed to in the body to drain bodily fluids |
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| An overlay is a product that is placed on top of an existing bed mattress. Overlays can be made of foam or filled with air, gel, or water. |
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| Presence of bacteria in the blood |
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Precautions taken to prevent or minimize risk for infection because of neutropenia (a decrease in the neutrophils). These are white blood cells that fight off infection. Chemotherapy lowers the number of neutrophils
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| the mechanism of acquired immunity characterized by the dominant role of T cell lymphocytes. Cellular immunity is involved in resistance to infectious diseases caused by viruses and some bacteria and in delayed hypersensitivity reactions, some aspects of resistance to cancer, certain autoimmune diseases, graft rejection, and certain allergies. It does not involve the production of humoral antibody but instead involves the activation of Mo and natural killer cells. |
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| Immunity produced by the transfer to one person of antibodies that were produced by another person. |
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| Usually develops rapidly, causes symptoms, climaxes, and then fades fairly quickly |
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| Accidental separation of wound edges, especially a surgical wound |
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| Protusion of internal organs through an open wound |
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| An injury in which the skin is not broken; a bruise |
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| Wound caused by the tearing of body tissue; open wound or cut |
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| Producing or containing pus |
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| a round drain with springs inside that must be compressed to establish proper suction |
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| Any of a large number of proteins of high molecular weight that are produced normally by specialized B cells after stimulation by an antigen and act specifically against the antigen in an immune response, that are produced abnormally by some cancer cells, and that typically consist of four subunits including two heavy chains and two light chains—called also immunoglobulin |
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| Poisoning of body tissue; usually refers to blood-borne organisms or their toxic products |
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| Microorganisms commonly found in a body location that ordinarily causes no harm |
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| type of immunity that is controlled by secreted anti bodies. Immunity conferred to an individual through the activity of B cells and their progeny, which produce circulating antibodies in response to the presence of a foreign substance and recognize the substance upon renewed exposure. |
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| Incubation period of infection |
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| The time interval between initial contact with an infectious agent and the first appearance of symptoms associated with the infection. In a vector, it is the time between entrance of an organism into the vector and the time when that vector can transmit the infection (extrinsic incubation period). The period in people between the time of exposure to a parasite and the time when the parasite can be detected in blood or stool is called the prepatent period. |
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| A large bandadage used to support a body part or to hold a dressing in place |
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| Process in which the thin, outermost layers of the epidermis (the stratum corneum or horny layer) is continuously shed |
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| Abnormal tubelike passage between organs or between an organ and the body surface, often as the result of poor wound healing |
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| Soft, pink, highly vascularized connective tissue formed during woulnd repair |
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| Tissue soften due to excessive moisture |
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| Pertaining to or containing blood |
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| a hollow flat tube placed in incision to alllow for drainage into dressing. |
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| A negative pressure machine used to assist wound healing. Reduces moisture, number of microorganisms, and toxins |
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| Substance that provokes irritation or damage to the body tissues and induces the formation of antibodies. |
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| an infectious disease transmissible (as from person to person) by direct contact with an affected individual or the individual's discharges or by indirect means (as by a vector)— |
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| Infections caused by organisms that invade the tissues when the body's defenses are suppressed |
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| Prodormal period of infection |
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| Is characterized by nonspecific symptoms such as nausea, fever, general weakness,or aches and pains. |
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| unable to restrain natural discharges or evacuations of urine or feces |
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| Frequent evacuation of water stools |
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| Formation and excretion of less than 100 cc of urine in 24 hours |
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| Presence of blood in urine |
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| Voiding during normal sleeping hours |
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| Formation and excretion of large amounts of urine in the absence of a concurrent increase in fluid intake |
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| placed in the bladder thru the abdomen to drain urine, has curl at distal end to prevent expulsion of the bladder |
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| removal from the body of soluble substances and water by transfer across the peritoneum, usually a dialysis solution that is intermittently introduced into and removed from the peritoneal cavity; transfer of diffusible solutes and water between the blood and the peritoneal cavity depends on the concentration gradient between the two fluid compartments |
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| Infrequent, sometimes painful passage of hard, dry stool |
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| Insertion of fluid into the rectum and colon |
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| Openng of the ileum onto the abdominal skin surface via a stoma |
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| Diagnostic examination of the rectum and sigmoid colon |
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| helps clear colon and reduce the level of endogenous bacteria |
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| A short piece of plastinc tubing similar to the tubing used for large-volume enemas; may be used if increased activity or medication does not relieve flatulence |
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| Painful, burning urination, usually caused by a bacterial infection, inflammation, or obstruction of the urinary tract. |
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| Test to reveal the presence of blood in feces |
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| Formation and excretion of large amounts of urine |
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| Formation and excretion of less than 500 mL of urine in 24 hours |
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| Involuntary response of intestingal contraction and anal sphincter relatxation to rectal distention |
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| methods of waste products such as potassium and urea, as well as free water from the blood when the kidneys are in renal failure |
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| Involuntary response of intestingal contraction and anal sphincter relatxation to rectal distention |
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| Gas in the gastrointestinal tract |
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| Accumulation of hardened feces in the rectum |
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| Artifically created opening of bowel on the abdominal skin surface |
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| A drug or bulk forming agent that relieves symptoms of diarrhea. Most effective are opioid derivatives, which slow intestinal motility and permit greater time for absorption of water and electrolytes. |
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| consists of contracting and relaxing the muscles that form part of the pelvic floor |
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| Inflammation of diverticula (outpouches of mucosa through the intestinal wall) |
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| Test to reveal the presence of blood in feces |
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| Involuntary voiding with underlying pathophysiologic origin after the age that bladder control is cusually achieved; nocturnal enuresis is bedwetting |
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| process of urination that involves impulses traveling from urinary bladder to sacral region of spinal cord and from sacral region back to bladder |
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| Frequency and urgency to urinate occuring together |
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| Inability to empty the bladder of urine |
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| A leg bag is a smaller drainage bag, which can be worn on your leg |
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| Opening of part of the colon onto the abdominal skin surface |
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| Condition of being stretched or inflated |
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| Irrigation of the stomach |
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| Condition in which the bowel is temporarily paralyzed and distention occurs |
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| Medication inserted into the rectom or vagina |
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| such as simethicone, used to relieve gas |
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| Scheduled times for urination and suppressing the urge to urinate |
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| Substance that alters physiologic function with the potential of affecting health |
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| Study of physiologic and biochemical effects of a drug on the body |
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| (1) Chemical reactions in the cells that produce heat as a byproduct, (2) Breakdown of a drug (usually in the liver) to an inactive form |
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| A medication's desired and intentional effects |
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| Anexaggerated, life threatening hypersensitivity reaction to a previously encountered antigen. |
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| Highly or excessively sensitive; adverse reactions produced by the normal immune system. |
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| Medications given by injection or infusion |
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| The time that a drug is metabolized by 50% in the body |
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| Interaction that increases a drugs effects |
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| Two or more "like" drugs combined equaling the sum of the individual drug's effect |
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| Solid particles of a drug dispersed in a liquid that must be shaken to obtain an accurate dose |
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| Medicated frug molecules contained in a unique polymer patch applied to the skin for slow absorption |
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| Part of a syringe that contains fluid; marked for accurate measurment; ranges in size from .5mL to 50mL |
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| The last part of a needle that is pointed and determines the sharpness of the needle |
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| a gelatin container that holds a drug in solid or liquid form. |
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| Study of how a medication changes as it passes throught the body and undergoes absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion |
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| The process by which a medication enters the blood stream |
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| Process by which a drug or urine is eliminated from the body |
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| Drugs that are condisdered to have either limited medical use or high potential for abuse or addiction |
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| A nontherapeutic effect that may result in damage to tissues or organs |
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| Habitual psychological and physiological dependence on a substance or practice beyond one's voluntary control |
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| Drugs administered by topical, rectal, or oral route |
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| Higher dose given at the the initiation of drug therapy in order to build up the therapeutic effect |
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| The negative effect that one chemical or family of chemicals has on other chemicals |
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| A tablet or capsule that has a layer placed over it to prevent dissolution in the stomach; used to protect the drug from gastric acid or to protect the stomach from drug irritation |
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| A clear, aromatic, sweetened alcoholic preparation |
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| Medication reconciliation |
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| (medication verification) Important safety procedure during client handoffs, including new and intermittent clinic visits, emergency room visits, hospital admission, transfers between hospital units, and discharge from one healthcare facility to another or to home, between healthcare providers or agencies |
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| A prescribed amount of medication dispensed at a specified time |
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| Lower end of the syringe; terminates into needle hub; functions to lock the needle in place |
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| A gelatine container that holds a drug in a solid or liquid form |
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| The study of the use of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose diseases |
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| Process by which a drug passes from the circulation of the blood and lymphatic system across cell membranes to a specified tissue |
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| Any effect other than a therapeutic effect |
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| altered bodily reactivity (as hypersensitivity) to an antigen in response to a first exposure; xaggerated or pathological reaction (as by sneezing, respiratory embarrassment, itching, or skin rashes) to substances, situations, or physical states that are without comparable effect on the average individual |
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| A decreased responsiveness to a drug after repeated exposure |
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| Either desirable or undesirable effects produced by fiving two or more drugs together |
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| A stable condition that does not change over time or in which change in one direction is continually balanced by change in another |
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| the quantity of drug necessary to sustain a normal physiologic state or a desired blood or tissue level of drug |
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| A compressed, powdered drug with a line down the center so that the tablet can be broken in half |
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| Involving administration of a medication into the muscle layer beneath the dermis and subutaneous tissue |
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| Pertaining to the layer of tissue below the dermis |
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| Large stock containers of medication: more than one dose |
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| Part of a syringe; fits snugly within the syringe plunger; purpose is to empty or fill a syringe |
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| A powdered drug that is compressed or molded into a solid shape; may contain additives that bind the powder or aid in its absorption |
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