Dictionary of Pharmacology and Allied Topics

Description

This dictionary spans the practice of pharmacology and of allied sciences insofar as they are related to it, with particular emphasis on the development, regulation and use of human medicine. It is offered to students as well as to professionals in pharmacology and allied sciences for reference and for browsing, and as a bedside book and travelling companion. This dictionary provides definitions of terms in pharmacology, both basic and clinical; gives information on new medicine development and official regulations and covers allied topics, including statistics, ethics, scientific misconduct, authorship, publication and law. Content: Front Matter • Notes • Preface • Table of Contents α to Ayurvedic medicine 'backtracking booze' to bush teas (C1)maxto cytotoxic drug, handling precautions DALY to dystonia EC toex vivo fact to fuzzy logic GABA to guidelines and regulations habituation to hysteresis iatrogenic disease to IUPHAR jackknife method (statistical) to just society Kato knowledge label (radioactive) to lysosome MAb to mydriatic n = 1 clinical trial to nyctohemeral objective to oxytocic p value to pyrexia, pyretic, pyrogen QALY to quotation and permission to quote racemate to run-in period safety to systemic availability t½ to tyramine uncertainty principle (in therapeutic research) to utility measurement valid to volunteer warnings to patients to women as subjects in early tests of new drugs xanthine-containing drinks to xylocholine Yates's correction to yohimbine Zelen randomization to zwitterion