Vocabulary: words definition and meanings

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Immediate-release Tablet

Dosage form that releases the drug immediately.

Implantation

Insertion or grafting of a biological, living, inert, or radioactive material into the body.

Implants

Small sterile usually polymeric matrices, pellets, or particles for insertion or implanting into the body by surgical means or by injection to help achieve sustained release.

Inactivation Factor (if)

Number that expresses the reduction in the numbers of a microorganism, brought about by a sterilization process.

Inhalation Therapy

Administration of drugs directly to the respiratory tract, mostly by aerosols.

Injection

Delivery of a generally sterile liquid medication into the body, or a vessel, tissue, or organ via syringe and needle.

Inverted Micelle

Reversible formation of association colloids from surfactants in nonpolar solvents leads to aggregates termed inverted (or inverse, reverse, or reversed) micelles.