L
Reduction in the number of lymphocytes
lymphopenia
A dose that is smaller and is given at an amount and rate that matches the amount eliminated by the body.
maintenance rate
Opioid drug combined with a tranquilizer or sedative.
Neuroleptanalgesic
The female reproductive cell before fertilization
oocyte
An object or substance that influences the rate at which a certain phenomenon occur.
pacemaker
Pertaining to a limbus, or margin; forming a border around something
limbic system
Inadequate digestion
malabsorption (maldigestion)
The dose that causes the beneficial effect is close to the dose that produces toxic side effects.
Narrow therapeutic index
A semisolid preparation for external application to the skin or mucus membranes
ointment
The birth process.
parturition
A long, u-shaped part of the renal tubules
Loop of Henle
Top concentration of the normal therapeutic range.
maximum effective concentration
Drugs where the maximum effective dose and the minimal effective dose are very close to each other.
narrow therapeutic range
Causing damage to the vestibulocochlear nerve or the organs of hearing and balance
ototoxic
The cells on the periphery of the gastric glands of the stomach.
parietal cells
A phase of the estrus cycle in which hormones of the corpus luteum on the ovary predominate
luteal phase
Any substance produced by metabolism or by a metabolic process.
metabolite
Causes a decreased force of contractions.
negative inotropic effect
An agent destructive to the eggs of certain organisms.
ovicidal
Contains positive and negative charges at the ends of the molecule.
polarized
Having an affinity for fat
lipophilic
Inflammation of the uterus
metritis
Where nerves axons contact skeletal muscles.
neuromuscular junction (NMJ)
A nonapeptide secreted by the magnocellular neurons of the hypothalamus and stored as a posterior pituitary hormone along with vasopressin.
oxytocin
The relationship between the therapeutic effect of a drug and the dose necessary to achieve that effect.
potency