Across
- 2. 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. Dissolved mineral salts in a fluid
- 7. (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
- 8. The volume that a diluent takes up in a solution
- 14. Switching the numerator with the denominator in a ratio
- 15. 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
- 18. A measurement system based on subdivisions and multiples of 10; made up of three basic units: meter, gram, and liter.
- 19. A small dry-weight unit of measurement in the apothecary system (e.g. 5 grains [5 gr] of aspirin are equivalent to approximately 325mg)
- 20. The last recommended date for administration provided by a compounding facility
- 22. A comparison of numeric values
Down
- 1. (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
- 4. 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)
- 5. The portion, or ratio, of the active strength ingredient to the whole drug product
- 6. The ability to maintain a drug’s potency and integrity in its compounded form
- 9. A system of measurement based on the apothecary system; units of measure include the ounce, pound, drop, teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup
- 10. Two ratios that have the same value;for example, ½ and 4/8
- 11. A mathematical system in which numerical values are expressed in either capital or lowercase letters
- 12. A comparison of equal ratios; the product of the means equals the product of the extremes
- 13. The action of hand-preparing a new pharmaceutical produce by mixing, combining, or integrating ingredients; the resulting prepared product, which can be sterile or nonsterile
- 16. zero that is placed in the ones place in a number less than zero that is being represented by a decimal value
- 17. 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
- 21. An abbreviation for the solution Dextrose 5% in Water, a common IV solution