1Vivo Tests
Experiments performed in a living organism
2Pharacotherapeutics
Study of how drugs would be most or least appropriate to use for a specific disease
3IVP
x-ray of the renal pelvis and urinary tract after injecting dye into a vein
4Pharmacodynamics
Study of biochemical and physiologic drug effects, and the mechanism of action
5Suppositories
Administered via rectal route
6Myelogram
X-ray record of the spinal cord
7Pharmacology
Study of drugs and their actions and effects in the body
8Staging Laparotomy
wide surgical incision of the abdomen to detect disease
9Toxicology
Finding proper antidotes to the harmful effects of drugs
10Analgesics
Drugs that relieve pain, induce sleep, suppress cough
11Gonadtropins
Secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
12Adjuvant
Assisting or aiding
13Schizoid
Emotionally cold and aloof; indifferent to praise or criticism or to the feelings of others
14Pharmacokinetics
Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs.
15Element in thyroxine
Iodine
16Gender Dysphoria
Strong and persistent cross-gender identification with the opposite sex that causes clinically significant distress
17Another name for Pituitary Gland
Hypophysis
18Adductor Muscles
Draw a limb toward the body
19Thyroid Gland
Secretes Thyroxine
20Anorexia Bulimia Nervosa
Fear of obesity in which binge eating is followed by vomiting
21Paraphilia
Intense, recurrent sexual urges or fantasies involving unlikely objects, activities or situations
22Radiolucent Substance
Permits the passage of most x-rays
23Venotomy
Incision of a vein
24Conversion Disorder
Neurologic symptoms with no organic basis
25Hypochondriasis
General preoccupation with bodily aches and pains and irrational fear about one's health
26Paranoid
Suspicious and mistrustful of other people
27Agoraphobia
Fear of leaving one's home
28Bipolar Disorder
Alternating moods of exalted feelings with moods of extreme sadness
29Hallucinations
False or unreal sensory perceptions
30Compulsion
Uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly
31Euphoria
A feeling of great happiness or well-being
32Sedatives
Drugs that relax without necessarily producing sleep
33Anorexia nervosa
Psychological factors such as anxiety, anger, and fear produce unrealistic body image and reluctance to eat
34Repression
Defense mechanism by which anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings are forced to the unconscious.
35Anesthetics
Drugs that produce loss of sensation throughout the entire body
36Antipyretics
Drugs that reduce fever
37Tranquilizers
Drugs that control anxiety and severe disturbances of behavior
38Oral
Drugs are swallowed and absorbed through the intestinal tract
39Topical
Applied on the skin
40Parenteral administration
Drugs are given by injection
42Diuretic
Lowers blood pressure by promoting fluid excretion from the kidney
43Fibrosis
Abnormal growth of connective tissue
44Erythema
Changes in skin denoting redness
45PA View
Upright with back to the x-ray machine and film to the chest
46MRI
Images are produced using magnetic and radio waves
47Tomography
X-ray test to show organ in depth