Across
- 5. ratios: two ratios that have the same value; for example, $1/2$ and $2/4$
- 6. volume (pv): 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)
- 8. a comparison of numeric values
- 10. solution: dissolved mineral salts in a fluid
- 11. (used as a verb) the action of hand-preparing a new pharmaceutical product by mixing, combining, or integrating ingredients; (used as noun) the resulting prepared product, which can be sterile or nonsterile
- 14. an abbreviation for the solution Dextrose 5% in Water, a common IV solution
- 15. volume (tv): the full amount of the final volume in a drug product with all ingredients, the solutes and diluent solution
- 16. system: a measurement system based on subdivisions and multiples of 10; made up of three basic units: meter, gram, and liter
- 19. time: (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
- 21. system: a system of measurement based on the apothecary system; units of measure include the ounce, pound, drop, teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup
- 22. (gr): 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)
Down
- 1. a comparison of equal ratios; the product of the means equals the product of the extremes
- 2. 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
- 3. the ability to maintain a drug's potency and integrity in its compounded form
- 4. 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
- 7. strength: the portion, or ratio, of the active strength ingredient to the whole drug product
- 8. Numeral System: a mathematical system in which numerical values are expressed in either capital or lowercase letters
- 9. ratio: switching the numerator with the denominator in a ratio
- 12. volume (dv): the volume that a diluent takes up in a solution
- 13. 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
- 17. system: (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
- 18. date (BUD): the last recommended date for administration provided by a compounding facility
- 20. zero: a zero that is placed in the ones place in a number less than zero that is being represented by a decimal value