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Condition of being aseptic, or statistically free from living microorganisms and their spores.
Pharmaceutics Pharmacist Competitive Exams
Q. Condition of being aseptic, or statistically free from living microorganisms and their spores.
Ans → sterility
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This question is taken from the test/quiz post: One liners Pharmaceutics| B.Pharmacy| Pharmacy file-7 - attemp/practice
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Q. Chemically modified form of a pharmacologically active compound that has to undergo biochemical or chemical transformation before exhibiting its pharmacological effect.
Ans → prodrug
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Q. Process that differentiates or separates solid particles according to their size using a meshed or perfo- rated device.
Ans → sieving
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Q. Different crystalline form of a solvated compound that differ in the identity and/or the stoichiometry of the solvating molecule.
Ans → pseudopolymorph
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Q. Method by which powder particles are compressed into a large tablet, called a slug, which is subse- quently dry-screened and compressed into a tablet.
Ans → slugging
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Q. Measure of the fraction of a given drug that is absorbed intact into the systemic circulation from a dosage form, relative to a recognized, clinically proven, standard dosage form of that drug.
Ans → relative bioavailability
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Q. Dosage form, semi-solid, used for the administration of drugs via the rectal route, for systemic or local effect.
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Q. Transition of a suspension of solid, usually colloid, particles in a liquid (sol) to an apparent solid, jelly- like material
Ans → sol-gel transition
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Q. Usually small, flat, and soft tablets, which are designed to be placed under the tongue to allow direct absorption of the active ingredient through the mucosa for systemic effect.
Ans → sublingual tablets
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Q. Additives making a substance soluble or more soluble, especially in water.
Ans → solubilizing agents
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Q. Destruction or removal of microorganisms in or about an object, e.g., by steam, chemical agents (alcohol, phenol, ethylene oxide gas), high-velocity electron bombardment, gamma or ultraviolet light radiation or filtration.
Ans → sterilization
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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. Condition of being aseptic, or statistically free from living microorganisms and their spores.
Ans → sterility
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Q. Process of making dense, spherical pellets by means of special spheronizing or pelletizing equipment.
Ans → spheronization
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Ans → Colipase
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Q. the process of improving the octane number of straight-run gasoline by increasing the proportion of aromatic and branched chain alkanes.
Ans → catalytic reforming
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Q. Name the bacteria that have more than 50% guanine and cytosine nucleotides in their DNA
Ans → high G+C gram-positive bacteria
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Q. A part of the upper throat (pharynx) extending from the posterior nasal cavity; carries air inhaled through the nose
Ans → nasopharynx
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Q. A chemical reaction after which the resulting agents cannot be changed back into the reactions ingredients.
Ans → irreversible reaction
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Q. Existence of two or more different crystal structures for the same compound.
Ans → polymorphism
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Q. The distortion of a light wave due to interaction with another wave
Ans → interference
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Q. Close, tight aggregation of colloid particles, emulsion droplets, suspension particles, which are difficult to redisperse.
Ans → coagulation
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Q. A functional group consisting of an internal carbonyl group (C=O) bonded to two other carbon atoms
Ans → Ketones
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Q. Name a microorganism that has an optimum growth temperature close to the temperature of boiling water
Ans → hyperthermophile
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Q. The Schick test is done to detect the immunity or susceptibility to _______.
Ans → Diphtheria
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Q. Name the antiviral drug that blocks the fusion of HIV receptors to the coreceptors required for virus entry into the cell
Ans → fusion inhibitor
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Q. Class of antiprotozoan drugs long used for the treatment of malaria; interferes with heme detoxification
Ans → quinolines
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Q. Used as processing aid in tablet and capsule manufacturing, to facilitate the movement of the formulation into the dye and punch and to reduce the energy of compression.
Ans → lubricant
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Q. A ring structure formed from complement proteins C6 through C9 that penetrates the membranes of a targeted cell, causing cell lysis and death
Ans → membrane attack complex (MAC)
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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. Name the organism that uses fixed organic carbon compounds as its carbon source
Ans → heterotroph
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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. A formal non-ambiguous, nomenclature system for the assignment of absolute configuration of structure to chiral atoms, using the Cahn, Ingold and Prelog priority rules.
Ans → R,S convention
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Q. A chemical reaction where water is introduced in another substance usually to separate it.
Ans → hydrolysis
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Q. 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.
Ans → efflorescence
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Q. A person who has already suffered from smallpox becomes immune to the disease because of ______.
Ans → Naturally acquired active immunity
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