Dictionaries Chapter 21 Hormone from the adrenal cortex that raises

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Name the pharmacologic specialties from their descriptions.

1. Study of how drugs interact with subcellular parts: __________

2. Use of drugs in the treatment of disease: __________

3. Study of the harmful effects of drugs: __________

4. Study of drug effects in the body: __________

5. Measurement of drug concentrations in tissues and in blood over time: __________

Name the routes of drug administration from their descriptions.

6. Drug is administered via suppository or fluid into the anus: __________

7. Drug is administered via vapor or gas into the nose or mouth: __________

8. Drug is administered under the tongue: __________

9. Drug is applied locally on skin or mucous membrane: __________

10. Drug is given by mouth and absorbed through the stomach or intestine: __________

11. Drug is injected via syringe under the skin, into a vein, muscle, or cavity: __________

Complete the following medical terms from their definitions.

12. Pertaining to an agent that reduces fever: anti__________

13. An agent that prevents or delays blood clotting: anti__________

14. Administration of drugs other than through the intestinal tract, such as into the skin, muscles,

or veins: par__________

15. Hormone from the adrenal cortex that raises blood sugar: gluco__________

16. Agent that lowers blood pressure: anti__________

17. Study of poisonous effects of drugs: __________ology

18. Pertaining to within a sheath or within the membranes surrounding the spinal cord:

intra__________

Give meanings for the following combining forms.

19. aer/o: __________

20. alges/o: __________

21. bronch/o: __________

22. chem/o: __________

23. cras/o: __________

24. cutane/o: __________

25. derm/o: __________

26. enter/o: __________

27. erg/o: __________

28. esthesi/o: __________

29. hist/o: __________

30. hypn/o: __________

31. iatr/o: __________

32. lingu/o: __________

33. myc/o: __________

34. narc/o: __________

35. or/o: __________

36. pharmac/o: __________

37. prurit/o: __________

38. thec/o: __________

39. pyret/o: __________

40. tox/o: __________

41. vas/o: __________

42. ven/o: __________

43. vit/o: __________

Give meanings for the following suffixes and prefixes.

44. -dote: __________

45. -phylaxis: __________

46. ana-: __________

47. anti-: __________

48. contra-: __________

49. syn-: __________

50. par-: __________

Give the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis =

no, endocrine = en).

51. Antiarrhythmic: __________

52. Anaphylaxis: __________

53. Idiosyncrasy: __________

54. Synergistic: __________

55. Pharmacokinetics: __________

56. Antihistamine: __________

57. Cathartic: __________

58. Antidote: __________

59. Intrathecal: __________

60. Generic name: __________

Select the term that is spelled correctly and give its meaning.

61. A. areolsol

B. aerosol