Practice of,diagnosis, treatment, and prevention

Physiological effect 

Usually in the form of a pill or a liquid

Used for relieving pain, treating disease, recreation, and improving cognitive abilities

May have either a positive / negative effect

Has a positive effect

Associated with negative connotations

Behavior of medicine when it undergoes a chemical reaction / interacts with other substances

Observed / measured without changing the chemical composition

Pass through a barrier, such as a cell membrane 

Dissolve in a liquid

Reduce surface tension

Solid, Liquid, Gas

Attracted to other molecules 

Holds molecules together

Weak acids and bases

2 or more compounds, same chemical formula but different arrangement of atoms

Name of the drug

Chemical elements and compounds

Drug company’s copyrighted and trademarked name

Non-proprietary

Proprietary Name 

Clinical purpose of the drug /physiological change

Induce the desired physiological effect

Powerful Treatments

Prefix Anti

Bought w/o a prescription

Stronger / potent

Less potent

Homeopathic Medicine was developed by

Father of Medicine 

Abnormal cell is transformed by the genetic mutation of the cellular DNA

A cell when it expands rapidly and uncontrollably

Name for cancer specialists

Oncos

Irregular growth of tissue

Not cancerous and won’t spread

Cancerous, can spread to other tissues and organs

Cancer that originates in the skin

Cancer that starts in the tissues

Cancer of the lymphatic system

Can form solid tumors 

Bone marrow cancer

Cancer of the body’s blood-forming tissues

Agent that can increase the risk of cancer development

Probably not carcinogenic

Carcinogenic to humans

Carcinogenicity not classifiable

Possibly carcinogenic to humans

A type of cancer treatment that involves the use of drugs tokill / stop the growth of cancer cells

Kills them while they are at rest

Kills them while they are dividing

Entire population of cancer cells must be eradicated

Kills a constant proportion of a tumor cell population

A medical practice that dates back more than 200 years ago

No molecules of the original ingredient

Logarithmic function

Healed by a drug that causes similar symptoms

Smaller the pharmaceutical dose, the more effective

Homeopathy is based on rigorous dilutions and mixing aka