capsule inDrugs, medicines topic From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English cap‧sule/ˈkæpsjuːl$-səl/noun[countable]1 aplasticcontainershapedlike a very smalltubewithmedicineinsidethat youswallowwhole→tablet2a small plastic container with asubstanceorliquidinside3the part of aspacecr...
In pharmacy, a solid dosage form in which the drug is enclosed in a hard or soft soluble container, usually of a form ofgelatin. In microbiology, a coat around a microbe, such as a bacterium orfungus. Derived from the diminutive of the Latin word "capsa" meaning "box", a capsule is...
The meaning of HYDRANGEA is any of a genus (Hydrangea) of mostly shrubs having opposite leaves and showy clusters of usually sterile white, pink, or bluish flowers that is either placed in the saxifrage family or the hydrangea family (Hydrangeaceae).
What is an example of medication? Three examples of medication are hormonal birth control pills, antihistamines, and insulin. Hormonal birth control pills come in pill form and help to prevent pregnancy. Antihistamines come in pill, capsule, and syrup form and reduce allergic reactions. Insulin hel...
A glomerulus is a glob of capillaries in the kidneys. Your kidneys filter all your blood plasma through the capillaries into the surrounding structure, known as Bowman's capsule. Your kidneys filter about 180L of plasma per day! Most of what is filtered gets reabsorbed, which is why you on...
2.the forcing of a liquid into a part, as into the subcutaneous tissues, the vascular tree, or an organ. 3.a substance so forced or administered; in pharmacy, a solution of a medicament suitable for injection. Immunizing substances, or inoculations, are generally given by injection. Some ...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook dosage form (redirected fromDosage forms) A term for the physical characteristics of a drug product—e.g., tablet, capsule or solution—which contains the drug substance and almost invariably other ingredients, such as excipient, fillers, flavours, preservatives, em...
Noun1.pharmacopoeia- a collection or stock of drugs drug- a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic apothecary's shop,chemist's,chemist's shop,drugstore,pharmacy- a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold aggregation,collection,accumulation,assemblage- several things grouped...
noun(Zoöl.)One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler. nounobsoleteA whitish speck or film on the eye. nounA capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether. ...
reaction inDrugs, medicines topic From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English re‧ac‧tion/riˈækʃən/●●●S2W2AWLnoun1to a situation/event[countable, uncountable]something that you feel or do because of something that has happened or been said→responseWhat was Jeff’s reaction...