Ch. 06 Pharmacy Measurement and Calculation - KEY TERMS

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Across
  1. 1. a zero that is placed in the ones place in a number less
  2. 5. System of measurements used historically across the british empire with inches, feet, yeards, fur longs, miles, as well as fathoms and nautical miles, fluid ounces, drams, pints, quarts, and gallons; grains, pounds, stones and tons
  3. 7. resulting prepared product which can be (non)/sterile
  4. 11. a comparison of equal ratios: the product of the means equal the product of the extremes
  5. 12. switching the numerator with the denominator in a ratio
  6. 16. Dextrose 5% in Water
  7. 17. the portion, or ratio, of the active strength ingredient to the whole drug product
  8. 18. a measurement system used throughout the world, based
  9. 21. zero that is being represented by a decimal value
  10. 23. the ability to maintain a drug's potency and integrity in its compounded form
  11. 24. last recommended date for administration
  12. 25. a mathematical system in which numerical values are
  13. 26. in either capital or lowercase letters.
Down
  1. 2. dissolved mineral salts in a fluid
  2. 3. 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)
  3. 4. dissolved mineral salts in a fluid
  4. 6. 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
  5. 8. the ratio if the weight of a substance compared to an equal
  6. 9. 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 )
  7. 10. A system of measurement on the apothecary system; units of measure include ounce, pound, drop, teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup
  8. 13. a number that represents a chemical elements capacity to combine with others to form a molecule of a stable new compound, based on the number and activity of the exterior electrons
  9. 14. a comparison of numeric values
  10. 15. of water when both are the same temperature at sea level.
  11. 19. 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
  12. 20. the full amount of the final volume in a drug product with all ingredients, the solutes and diluent solution
  13. 22. Two ratios that have the same value; for example, ½ and 4/8