KIN 6160 Unit 1 Key Terms

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Across
  1. 4. Drugs that promote the growth of cancerous tumors.
  2. 6. Lethal dose 50, or dose that will kill 50 percent of the laboratory animals tested.
  3. 8. bottom number of a fraction; shows the number of parts in a whole
  4. 10. percentage of the drug dosage that is absorbed
  5. 11. part of a whole
  6. 13. Effective dose 50, or dose that will produce an effect that is half of the maximal response.
  7. 14. substance dissolved in a solvent; usually present in a lesser amount
  8. 16. the situation in patients whose treatment involves multiple drug prescriptions
  9. 17. a mathematical equation that expresses the equality between two ratios
  10. 19. Measure of the strength, or concentration, of a drug required to produce a specific effect.
  11. 21. Drug that binds to a receptor and activates a physiologic response or drug action.
  12. 24. a metabolite of muscle metabolism that is excreted in the urine in proportion to renal function
  13. 25. Drug that binds to a receptor and activates a physiologic response or drug action.
  14. 26. A measurement of the amount of drug that is administered.
Down
  1. 1. top number of a fraction; shows the part
  2. 2. homogeneous mixture of two or more substances
  3. 3. Situations or conditions when a certain drug should not be administered.
  4. 5. Specific cellular structure that a drug binds to in order to produce a physiologic effect.
  5. 7. another way to write a fraction when the denominator is 10, 100, 1000, and so on
  6. 9. The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems.
  7. 12. decimal fractions with a denominator of 100
  8. 15. A chemical substance that is taken to cause changes in a person's body function or behavior.
  9. 18. the relationship of one number to another expressed by whole numbers (1:5) or as a fraction (1/5)
  10. 20. liquid portion of a solution that is capable of dissolving another substance
  11. 22. Agents, such as drugs, chemicals, and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm and birth defects.
  12. 23. medical speciality that deals with individuals over 65 years of age