Across
- 6. The ratio of the weight of a substance compared to an equal volume of water when both are the same temperature at sea level.
- 10. A comparison of numeric values.
- 11. (tv) The full amount of the final volume in a drug product with all ingredients, the solutes and diluent solution.
- 14. A measurement system based on subdivisions and multiples of 10; made up of three basic units: meter, gram, and liter.
- 15. (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.
- 18. Dissolved mineral salts in a fluid.
- 20. The ability to maintain a drug’s potency and integrity in its compounded form.
- 21. The portion, or ratio, of the active strength ingredient to the whole drug product.
- 22. An abbreviation for the solution Dextrose 5% in Water, a common IV solution.
- 23. A comparison of equal ratios; the product of the means equals the product of the extremes.
Down
- 1. 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.
- 2. (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.
- 3. (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. Switching the numerator with the denominator in a ratio.
- 5. (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).
- 7. (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 mathematical system in which numerical values are expressed in either capital or lowercase letters.
- 9. Two ratios that have the same value; for example, 1/2 and 4/8.
- 12. A system of measurement based on the apothecary system; units of measure include the ounce, pound, drop, teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup.
- 13. (BUD) The last recommended date for administration provided by a compounding facility.
- 16. A zero that is placed in the ones place in a number less than zero that is being represented by a decimal value.
- 17. (dv) The volume that a diluent takes up in a solution.
- 19. 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.