Ch. 06 Pharmacy Measurement and Calculation - KEY TERMS

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  1. 5. A comparison of equal ratios; the product of the means equals the product of the extremes
  2. 7. The full amount of the final volume in a drug product with all ingredi-ents, the solutes and diluent solution
  3. 8. (Similar to international time) a measure of time based on a 24-hour clock in which midnight is 0000, noon is 1200, and the minute before midnight is 2359; also referred to as 24-hour time
  4. 10. (Also known as the British Imperial System) a system of measurements used historically across the British Empire with inches, feet, yards, furlongs, and miles, as well as fathoms and nautical miles, fluid ounces, drams, pints, quarts, and gallons; grains, pounds, stones, and tons
  5. 12. The portion, or radical, of the active strength ingredient to the whole drug product
  6. 13. A zero that is placed in the ones place in a number less than zero that is being represented by a decimal value
  7. 16. A system of measurement based on the apothecary system; units of measure include the ounce, pound, drop, teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup
  8. 17. dissolved mineral salts in a fluid
  9. 19. Method of calculating the proportion of two different substance to be combined in a new product to create a different concentration of the active ingredient
  10. 20. A thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.
  11. 21. A small dry-weight unit of measurement in the apothecary system (e.g., 5 grains [5 gr) of aspirin are equivalent to approximately 325 mg)
  12. 22. A comparison of numeric values
  13. 23. A mathematical sys-cem in which numerical values are expressed in either capital or lowercase letters
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  1. 1. The volume that a diluent takes up in a solution
  2. 2. A measurement system based on subdivisions and multiples of 10; made up of three basic units: meter, gram, and liter
  3. 3. The date or time after which a compounded sterile preparation or compounded non sterile preparation(CNSP)may not be stored or transported and are calculated from he date or time of compounding
  4. 4. Switching the numerator which the denominator in a ratio
  5. 6. A number that represents a chemical element's capacity to combine with others to form a molecule of a stable new compound, based on the number and activity of the exterior electrons
  6. 9. The ability to maintain a drug's potency and integrity in its compounded form
  7. 11. The ratio of the weight of a substance compared to an equal volume of water when both are the same temperature at sea level
  8. 14. Dextrose 5% in water
  9. 15. Two ratios that have the same value
  10. 18. The amount of space occupied by a medication in a sterile vial, used for reconstitution; equal to the difference between the total volume (tv) and the volume of the diluting ingredient, or the diluent volume (dv)