key terms
A healthcare professional with a degree as a "doctor of pharmacy"
What is a pharmacist
FDA
What is the Food and Drug Administration
leuk/o is
What is white
Term for stomach
What is gastr/o
Surgical removal of the uterus
What is hysterectomy
The principles needed to "do the right thing" are called this
What are ethics
DEA
What is the Drug Enforcement Agency
melan/o is
What is dark/black
Term for fat
What is adip/o
excessive vomit
What is hyperemesis
The schedule of controlled substances which have no medical use in the United States
What is 1 (C1)
HMO
What is Health Maintenance Organization
cyan/o is
What is blue
Term for blood
What is hemat/o
inflammation around the heart
What is pericarditis
When a medication REQUIRES a prescription, the drug is considered as this
What is a legend drug
PCA
What is Patient Controlled Analgesia
erythr/o is
What is red
Term for clot
What is thromb/o
faster (than normal) breathing
What is tachypnea
The portion of cost a patient is responsible for after insurance (third party) has paid their portion is called this
What is a co-pay
ADS
What is Automated Dispensing System
xanth/o is
What is yellow
Term for spinal cord
What is myel/o
study of movement
What is kinesiology