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Consists of several different layers that are compressed on top of each other, to form a single tablet composed of two or more layers.
Pharmaceutics Pharmacist Competitive Exams
Q. Consists of several different layers that are compressed on top of each other, to form a single tablet composed of two or more layers.
Ans → multilayer tablet
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Q. Usually water or low-molecular-weight alcohols or compounds, used in topical applications and in wet granulation, for the production of tablets.
Ans → moistening agents
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Q. Dosage form comprising several elements (e.g., microspheres or coated pellets) dif- fering in the rate of drug release.
Ans → multi compartment formulation
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Q. Consists of several different layers that are compressed on top of each other, to form a single tablet composed of two or more layers.
Ans → multilayer tablet
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Q. Device that disperses liquids to aerosols for therapeutic use by inhalation through a mask.
Ans → nebulizer
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Q. Greasy, semi-solid preparation for external application, often anhydrous, containing dissolved or dispersed medicaments.
Ans → ointment
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Q. Kinetic model, where the whole body is thought of as a single compartment in which a substance is dis- tributed rapidly, achieving an equilibrium between blood and tissue immediately.
Ans → one-compartment model
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Q. Time required to achieve the minimum effective plasma concentration following administration of the dosage form.
Ans → onset of drug action
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Q. Process of agglomeration that converts fine powders or granules of bulk drugs and excipients into small, free-flowing, spherical, or semi-spherical units, referred to as pellets.
Ans → pelletization
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Q. Science of preparation of drugs, dosage forms, and drug delivery systems taking into account the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the drug as well as its physical and chemical properties.
Ans → pharmaceutics
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Q. Solid material that exists at least in two different molecular arrangements, i.e., distinctly different crystal species.
Ans → polymorph
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Q. Transition of a solid crystalline phase to another phase having the same chemical composition but a dif- ferent crystal structure.
Ans → polymorphic transition
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Q. Existence of two or more different crystal structures for the same compound.
Ans → polymorphism
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Q. Defined for powders used pharmaceutically, according to particle sizes.
Ans → powder grades
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Q. Dry solid material consisting of many, usually free flowing, fine particles.
Ans → powder
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Q. Concentration of a drug that must be achieved in the plasma before any desired therapeutic or pharmacological effect can be obtained.
Ans → minimum effective plasma concentration
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Q. White blood cells of various types, including granulocytes, lymphocytes, and monocytes
Ans → leukocytes
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Q. Proinflammatory molecule released by basophils and mast cells in response to stimulation by other cytokines and chemical mediators
Ans → histamine
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Q. Movement of a pathogen from one host to another population through physical contact or through droplet transmission
Ans → horizontal direct transmission
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Q. a chemical reaction in which two species (e.g. molecules, ions or radicals) react together to form new chemical species.
Ans → bimolecular reaction
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Q. The process of separating the lighter particles of a powder from the heavier ones by means of an up- ward-directed stream of fluid (gas or liquid).
Ans → elutriation
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Q. Serious infection caused by Trypanosoma brucei and spread by the bite of the tsetse fly
Ans → human African trypanosomiasis
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Q. Salivary -amylase becomes inactive in the stomach primarily due to
Ans → Inactivation by low pH
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Q. Molecules that have the same molecular formula and sequence of atoms yet differ in their 3-D orientation.
Ans → Stereoisomer
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Q. stereoisomeric structures which are not enantiomers (mirror images) of one another.
Ans → diastereomers
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Q. Name a group of common sexually transmitted viruses that may be associated with genital warts or with cervical cancer
Ans → human papillomavirus (HPV)
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Q. A drug that dulls the sense of pain. It differs from an anesthetic agent in that it relieves pain without loss of consciousness.
Ans → Analgesic
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Q. Use of products containing genetic material (e.g., pDNA, antisense DNA, si RNA) to treat a disease or condition, or to modify or manipulate the expression of genetic material or to alter the biological properties of living cells.
Ans → gene therapy
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Q. Properties of a substance that can be observed without using a chemical reaction that would change the substance.
Ans → physical property
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Q. Usually a small, flat, and soft tablet, which is designed to be placed inside the cheek to be directly absorbed through the mucosa for systemic effect.
Ans → buccal tablet
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Q. electron systems in which bonding electrons are not localised between two atoms as for a single bond but are spread (delocalized) over the whole group.
Ans → delocalization
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Q. An animal that transfers a pathogen from one host to another or from a reservoir to a host without being infected by the pathogen itself
Ans → mechanical vector
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Q. Crystalline form of a compound in which one or more solvent molecules are part of the crystal strucure.
Ans → solvate
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Q. A ligand that binds to a receptor and alters the receptor state resulting in a biological response.
Ans → Agonist
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Q. Reversal of coagulation or flocculation, i.e., the dispersion of aggregates to form a stable colloidal suspension or emulsion.
Ans → deflocculation
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