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| Narrowing of blood vessels |
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| Pertaining to a particular area; local application, never injected |
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| Liquid drug preparation which contains droplets of oil and fat in water |
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| To draw in breath; to inspire |
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| Counteracts the action of something else |
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| Plant fiber that has been combined with oxygen and made to resemble cotton or gauze; used to arrest bleeding by direct application to site of hermorrhage |
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| Solution which contains alcohol as the primary solvent |
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| Generalized or affecting the entire body |
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| To ward off or to prevent infection and disease |
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| Easily vaporized or evaporated |
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| Body's defense response of living tissue to injury; symptoms include pain, heat, swelling, and impaired function of affected area |
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| Physicians medication order |
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| Limited to or pertaining to one part or place |
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| Liquid form of medication that must be shaken well before using because the drug particles are not evenly dissolved in the liquid |
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| Amount of medicine to be administered to a patient at one time |
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| Hypodermic or Subcutaneous |
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| Liquid containing a dissolved substance |
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| Semi-solid substance which serves as a vehicle for medicines to be absorbed by the rectum, vagina, or urethra |
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| Any chemical substance taken into the body for the purpose of affecting body function |
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| Person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs |
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| Abnormal sensation such as burning, prickling, "crawling", or feeling of insects crawling over the skin |
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| Designating any route other than the alimentary canal |
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| Produces sleep; relieves pain; stronger than a hypnotic |
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| Regulates or participates in normal metabolism, growth, and development of the body |
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| Substance originating in an organ or gland which is carried by the bloodstream to its target organ; stimulates organ by chemical action to increase activity or to secrete another hormone |
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| Reduces a body function or nerve activity |
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| Induces sleep; causes insensibility to pain |
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| Antibiotic/Anti-infective |
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| Destroys bacteria and other pathogenic microorganisms |
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| Book containing a selected list of medicinal preparations and their dosage forms; provides a description and the standards for purity and strength for each drug listed |
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| Counteracts or diminishes inflammation or its effects |
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| Acts directly on the heart |
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| Prevents or counteracts the action of a poison |
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| Relieves muscular tension |
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| Inhibits the parasympathetic responses; manifested by drying up of body secretions |
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| Prevents or delays blood coagulation |
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| Stimulates nerve fibers to release epinephrine |
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| Neutralizes the action of histamine in the body; frequently used in the treatment of allergies or allergic reactions |
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| Suppresses mental tension and anxiety |
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| Increase the output of urine |
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| Reduces the passing of impulses of autonomic nervous system; stops flow of secretions and gastric and bladder contractions |
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| Stimulates uterine contractions |
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| Quiets and relaxes, but does not produce sleep |
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| Injected into spinal nerves as they emerge through the epidural space |
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| Agent that produces anesthesia |
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| Injected just outside the dura in the epidural space. Used for anesthesia of lower limbs or perineal area, and for relief of prolonged pain as with obstetrical pain. |
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| Lacking vigor or firmness; flabby |
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| Insertion of the endotracheal tube |
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| Muscular twitching involving contiguous groups of muscle fibers |
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| a registered nurse who has taken a two-year course in anesthesiology and is certified to administer anesthetics and work under supervision of the anesthesiologist |
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| person who assists the anesthesiologist or anesthetist |
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| may be used in cardiac and neurosurgery and for burns and leg amputations, involves cooling of a part or the entire body |
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| decrease of or insensibility to pain |
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| Injected in and around main nerve trunk at a site between operative site and entry of nerve into spinal cord, causing blockage of painful stimuli to the brain. Used for dental work, relief of intractable pain, and procedures on extremities. |
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| Intravenous injection of local anesthetic to an extremity below level of tourniquet. Used for upper extremity surgery that will last less than an hour. Blood is drained from extremity by compression with a tourniquet; anesthetic drug is injected intravenously. |
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| Involves blocking nerve conduction by means of surface cooling of a localized area. Used in topical procedures such as removal of warts and noninvasive surface lesions. |
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| The absence of essentially all sensation |
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| Drug that counteracts the action of something else. |
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| Injection under the skin to anesthetize the nerve endings and nerve fibers. used for minor surgery, excision of small lesions, and dental work |
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| A part of the body is insensitive to pain; caused by an interruption of the sensory nerve pathways that supply the area. |
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| Injection into the cerbrospinal fluid in the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region to block the roots of the spinal nerves; causes massive nerve block and muscle relaxation below the point of injection |
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| Agent that prevents or relieves nausea |
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| Removal of the endotracheal tube |
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| A medical physician who is a specialist in the field of anesthesiology |
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| Directly applied to a mucous membrane to produce insensibility of the nerve endings. |
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| Limited to one place or part |
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| Unconscious state due to narcotics |
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