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Vivo Tests
Experiments performed in a living organism
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Pharacotherapeutics
Study of how drugs would be most or least appropriate to use for a specific disease
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IVP
x-ray of the renal pelvis and urinary tract after injecting dye into a vein
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Pharmacodynamics
Study of biochemical and physiologic drug effects, and the mechanism of action
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Suppositories
Administered via rectal route
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Myelogram
X-ray record of the spinal cord
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Pharmacology
Study of drugs and their actions and effects in the body
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Staging Laparotomy
wide surgical incision of the abdomen to detect disease
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Toxicology
Finding proper antidotes to the harmful effects of drugs
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Analgesics
Drugs that relieve pain, induce sleep, suppress cough
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Gonadtropins
Secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
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Adjuvant
Assisting or aiding
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Schizoid
Emotionally cold and aloof; indifferent to praise or criticism or to the feelings of others
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Pharmacokinetics
Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs.
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Element in thyroxine
Iodine
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Gender Dysphoria
Strong and persistent cross-gender identification with the opposite sex that causes clinically significant distress
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Another name for Pituitary Gland
Hypophysis
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Adductor Muscles
Draw a limb toward the body
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Thyroid Gland
Secretes Thyroxine
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Anorexia Bulimia Nervosa
Fear of obesity in which binge eating is followed by vomiting
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Paraphilia
Intense, recurrent sexual urges or fantasies involving unlikely objects, activities or situations
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Radiolucent Substance
Permits the passage of most x-rays
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Venotomy
Incision of a vein
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Conversion Disorder
Neurologic symptoms with no organic basis
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Hypochondriasis
General preoccupation with bodily aches and pains and irrational fear about one's health
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Paranoid
Suspicious and mistrustful of other people
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Agoraphobia
Fear of leaving one's home
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Bipolar Disorder
Alternating moods of exalted feelings with moods of extreme sadness
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Hallucinations
False or unreal sensory perceptions
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Compulsion
Uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly
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Euphoria
A feeling of great happiness or well-being
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Sedatives
Drugs that relax without necessarily producing sleep
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Anorexia nervosa
Psychological factors such as anxiety, anger, and fear produce unrealistic body image and reluctance to eat
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Repression
Defense mechanism by which anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings are forced to the unconscious.
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Anesthetics
Drugs that produce loss of sensation throughout the entire body
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Antipyretics
Drugs that reduce fever
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Tranquilizers
Drugs that control anxiety and severe disturbances of behavior
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Oral
Drugs are swallowed and absorbed through the intestinal tract
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Topical
Applied on the skin
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Parenteral administration
Drugs are given by injection
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Estrogen
Endocrine Drug
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Diuretic
Lowers blood pressure by promoting fluid excretion from the kidney
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Fibrosis
Abnormal growth of connective tissue
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Erythema
Changes in skin denoting redness
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PA View
Upright with back to the x-ray machine and film to the chest
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MRI
Images are produced using magnetic and radio waves
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Tomography
X-ray test to show organ in depth
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Ultrasound
Transducer
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