Pharmaceutics One-Liners – Set 2

May 3, 2023450 views 15 Points By Diksha Bhatla

A set of easy Pharmaceutics one-liners made to support fast revision for pharmacy students. Good for clearing basic concepts.

Small edible package made usually from gelatin or other materials that can be filled with drugs (solids or liquids) to produce a unit dose, mainly for oral use.

capsule

Transfer of a drug across a membrane by a transporter (often a protein) constituent of the cytosol membrane.

carrier-mediated drug transport

Reversal of coagulation or flocculation, i.e., the dispersion of aggregates to form a stable colloidal suspension or emulsion. 

deflocculation

Separation of colloidal systems into two liquid phases.

coacervation

A Pharmaceutical preparation that releases the drug(s) at a time other than promptly after administration.

Close, tight aggregation of colloid particles, emulsion droplets, suspension particles, which are difficult to redisperse.

coagulation

Process that occurs when the vapor pressure of the saturated aqueous solution of a substance is less than the vapor pressure of water in the ambient air.

deliquescence

Technological process consisting of the application of a substance, which forms a layer e.g, to protect the drug

coating

A Substance that absorbs sufficient moisture from the atmosphere to dissolve itself.

deliquescent

#10

A solid dosage form prepared to a desired shape, usually in large-scale production, by means of high pressure in a punch and die.

compressed tablet

#11

The deposit of a drug in a body created by injection or by a similar mode of introduction to form a source of slow release.

depot

#12

Vehicle often ethanol used in combination to increase the solubility of drugs.

cosolvent

#13

Surfactant (or a mixture containing one or more surfactants) having cleaning properties in dilute solutions

detergent

#14

Name a property, which serves as basis for the process whereby surfactants are used for the removal of foreign matter from surfaces (including dirt from clothes or body surfaces). 

detergency

#15

The Threshold detergent concentration at which micelle formation begins in the bulk phase is called

critical micelle concentration (cmc)