Glossary term definitions

Abdominal Cavity

The part of the body between the bottom of the ribs and the top of the thighs, containing most of the digestive and urinary systems along with some reproductive organs.

Human Anatomy And Physiology

Abortion

Termination of pregnancy, can occur because of natural causes (called a miscarriage) or be a medical intervention.

Pharmaceutics

Abrasive

An agent that rubs off an external layer, such as dental plaque i.e. pumice.

Pharmaceutics

Acid-fast Stain

A stain that differentiates cells that have waxy mycolic acids in their gram-positive cell walls

Pharmaceutics

Acidic Dye

a chromophore with a negative charge that attaches to positively charged structures

Pharmaceutics

Acne

A skin disease in which hair follicles or pores become clogged, leading to the formation of comedones and infected lesions

Pharmaceutics

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (aids)

Disease caused by HIV, characterized by opportunistic infections and rare cancers

Pharmaceutics

Actin

A protein that polymerizes to form microfilaments

Pharmaceutics

Activation Energy

Energy needed to form or break chemical bonds and convert a reactant or reactants to a product or products

Pharmaceutics

Activator

Protein that increases the transcription of a gene in response to an external stimulus.

Pharmaceutics

Active Carrier

An infected individual who can transmit the pathogen to others regardless of whether symptoms are currently present

Pharmaceutics

Active Immunity

Stimulation of one’s own adaptive immune responses.

Pharmaceutics

Acute Glomerulonephritis

Inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney, probably resulting from deposition of immune complexes and an autoimmune response caused by self-antigen mimicry by a pathogen.

Pharmaceutics

Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis

A severe form of gingivitis, also called trench mouth.

Pharmaceutics

Acute Otitis Media

Inflammatory disease of the middle ear resulting from a microbial infection.

Pharmaceutics

Addison Disease

autoimmune disease affecting adrenal gland function

Pharmaceutics

Adenine

purine nitrogenous base found in nucleotides

Pharmaceutics

Adenosine Diphosphate (adp)

nucleotide derivative and relative of ATP containing only one high-energy phosphate bond

Pharmaceutics

Adenosine Monophosphate (amp)

adenine molecule bonded to a ribose molecule and to a single phosphate group, having no high-energy phosphate bonds

Pharmaceutics

Adenosine Triphosphate (atp)

energy currency of the cell; a nucleotide derivative that safely stores chemical energy in its two high-energy phosphate bonds

Pharmaceutics

Adhesion

the capability of microbes to attach to host cells

Pharmaceutics

Aerobic Respiration

use of an oxygen molecule as the final electron acceptor of the electron transport system

Pharmaceutics

Agarose Gel Electrophoresis

a method for separating populations of DNA molecules of varying sizes by differential migration rates caused by a voltage gradient through a horizontal gel matrix

Pharmaceutics

Agglutination

binding of different pathogen cells by Fab regions of the same antibody to aggregate and enhance elimination from body

Pharmaceutics

Agranulocytes

leukocytes that lack granules in the cytoplasm

Pharmaceutics

Algae

any of various unicellular and multicellular photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms; distinguished from plants by their lack of vascular tissues and organs

Pharmaceutics

Allergen

antigen capable of inducing type I hypersensitivity reaction

Pharmaceutics

Allergy

hypersensitivity response to an allergen

Pharmaceutics

Allosteric Activator

molecule that binds to an enzyme’s allosteric site, increasing the affinity of the enzyme’s active site for the substrate(s)

Pharmaceutics

Amino Acid

a molecule consisting of a hydrogen atom, a carboxyl group, and an amine group bonded to the same carbon. The group bonded to the carbon varies and is represented by an R in the structural formula

Vocabulary of English Language
Glossary of Zoology
Vocabulary of Human Anatomy And Physiology
Glossary of Human Anatomy And Physiology
Vocabulary of English Vocabulary
Vocabulary of Botany
Glossary of Botany
Glossary of Geology
Vocabulary of Pharmacology
Glossary of Pharmacology
Vocabulary of Physics
Glossary of Physics
Vocabulary of Pharmaceutics
Glossary of Pharmaceutics
Vocabulary of Biology
Glossary of Biology
Vocabulary of Biochemistry
Glossary of Biochemistry
Glossary of Mathematics
Glossary of Astronomy
Vocabulary of Personality
Vocabulary of Science
Glossary of Science
Vocabulary of Pharmacy
Vocabulary of Microbiology
Glossary of Microbiology
Vocabulary of Organic Chemistry

+ Add Vocabulary

Do you Want to Write Academic Notes Here?

Contact us

Join SoloTutes.com Telegram Channels

@pharmacy_exams

@nurseexams

@solotutes