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| Process of getting a drug into the bloodstream |
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| Process of eliminating from the body substances such as waste products of drug metabolism (primarily found in urine or bile) |
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| Poisonous and potentially dangerous effect of a drug |
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| Drug that prevents or wards off disease |
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| Specific situation in which a drug should not be used because it may result in an adverse drug reaction, worsening of a medical condition, or cause an interaction with another drug |
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| Drug that relieves the symptoms of, but does not cure, the disease |
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| Pertaining to medication used to treat or to cure a disease |
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| Provides a sustained delivery of a drug through the skin |
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| Interaction of two drugs such that one prolongs or multiplies the effect of the other |
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| Unusual response to a drug that is peculiar to the individual |
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