Ch. 06 Pharmacy Measurement and Calculation - Key Terms

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Across
  1. 2. Solution: dissolved mineral salts in a fluid
  2. 3. a comparison of equal ratios where the product of the means equals the product of the extremes
  3. 5. Ratios: two ratios that have the same value
  4. 8. Alternate Method: method of calculating the proportions of two different substances to be combined in a new product to create a different concentration of the active ingredient
  5. 13. 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
  6. 14. Volume: the volume that a diluent takes up in a solution
  7. 17. Volume: the amount of space occupied by a medication in a sterile vial, used for reconstitution
  8. 19. Strength: the portion, or ratio, of the active strength ingredient to the whole drug product
  9. 20. Ratio: switching the numerator with the denominator in a ratio
  10. 21. (as a verb) the action of hand-preparing a new pharmaceutical product by mixing, combining, or integrating ingredients; (as a noun) the resulting prepared product
  11. 22. an abbreviation for the solution Dextrose 5% in Water, a common IV solution
  12. 23. a number that represents a chemical element's capacity to combine with others to form a molecule of a stable new compound
Down
  1. 1. Gravity: the ratio of the weight of a substance compared to an equal volume of water when both are the same temperature at sea level
  2. 4. System of Measurement: a measurement system based on subdivisions and multiples of 10; made up of three basic units: meter, gram, and liter
  3. 6. Zero: a zero that is placed in the ones place in a number less than zero that is being represented by a decimal value
  4. 7. the ability to maintain a drug's potency and integrity in its compounded form
  5. 9. use date: the last recommended date for administration provided by a compounding facility
  6. 10. (gr): a small dry-weight unit of measurement in the apothecary system
  7. 11. a comparison of numeric values
  8. 12. system: a system of measurement based on the apothecary system; units of measure include the ounce, pound, drop, teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup
  9. 15. System of Measurement: a system of measurements used historically across the British Empire used for units like inches, feet, miles, fluid ounces, pints, and gallons
  10. 16. Volume: the full amount of the final volume in a drug product with all ingredients, the solutes and diluent solution
  11. 18. Numeral System: a mathematical system in which numerical values are expressed in either capital or lowercase letters