Pharmaceutics One-Liners – Set 3

May 5, 2023544 views 15 Points By Diksha Bhatla

An Obstacle such as coating or embedding, which acts as a factor controlling the rate of drug release.

diffusion barrier

Name a stage in the drying of solids, above which the drying rate is linear, at which the drying rate ceases to be linear, until it reaches the equilibrium moisture content. 

critical moisture content

Formulation in which individual doses of a granulated dosage form are separated

divided granule

Type of comparative bioavailability study designed in such a way as to take into account differences in bioavailability arising from differences between patients suffering from disease

crossover study

Powder formulation in which individual doses of a powdered dosage form are separately wrapped

divided powder

Name term that describes a solid of regular shape and the presence of three-dimensional order on the level of atomic dimensions, for a given molecule.

crystalline

A Formulated preparation of molecules/drugs that are rarely if ever suitable for administration to patients without additives. 

dosage form

Dosage form in which the active ingredient is insoluble in the carrier; includes aerosols, suspensions, emulsions , and foams

disperse system

A Biologically active substance, which when biodistributed in the body is expected to modify one or more of its functions.

drug

#10

Solid preparation that on contact with water breaks apart by the effect of gas evolution, resulting commonly from the reaction of hydrogen carbonate with citric or tartaric acid, in order to facilitate dissolution or dispersion of the active ingredient before ingestion.

effervescent tablet

#11

Opposite of deliquescence; the drying of a salt solution when the vapour pressure of water in the saturated solution of a substance is greater than the partial pressure of water in the ambient air.

efflorescence

#12

Name a technological process, which consists of mixing or inclusion of the therapeutic substance with an excipient or their mixtures, typically as a matrix dosage form, in order to change the rate of release.

embedding

#13

Sweet (often colored) dilute alcohol-based, “hydroalcoholic”, liquid used in the compounding of drugs to be taken by mouth in order to improve palatability.

elixir

#14

The process of separating the lighter particles of a powder from the heavier ones by means of an upward-directed stream of fluid 

elutriation

#15

Name a substance that loses water to form a lower hydrate or becomes anhydrous spontaneously.

efflorescent

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