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noun
- A drug that numbs the pain in the body
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| papain |
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noun - A proteolytic enzyme in papaya fruit. May aid in digestion and have other health benefits.
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| papaverine |
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noun - A non-addictive derivative of opium used in medicine to relieve muscle spasms, as a vasodilator and in some forms of erectile dysfunction.
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| paregoric |
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noun
- a painkiller; a medicine which soothes or relieves pain
- 1922: Chloroform. Overdose of laudanum. Sleeping draughts. Lovephiltres. Paragoric poppysyrup bad for cough. Clogs the pores or the phlegm. " James Joyce, Ulysses
- 2004: My local doctor promises to accompany me ashore, spare no expense to obtain powerful paregorics & remain at my bedside until my recovery is compleat, even if Prophetess must leave for California without us. " David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
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| pastille |
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noun
- A soft flavoured candy.
- A medicinal pill, originally compressed herbs. A throat pastille is a large candy-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases oils to soothe a sore throat and sometimes vapors to help unblock the nose or sinuses.
- A small granular half Spheroid piece of material.
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| patent medicine |
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noun
- A medicine that is protected by a patent and can be bought without a prescription.
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| peddle |
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verb (peddl, es)
- to sell things, especially door to door
- to sell illegal narcotics
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| penicillamine |
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noun - (chemistry) a breakdown product of penicillin used as a chelating drug to treat poisoning by heavy metals etc
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| penicillin |
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noun
- (pharmaceutical drug) Any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds or synthesized; they have a beta-lactam structure; most are active against gram-positive bacteria and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases.
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| percolation |
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noun
- the seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance
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| peyote |
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noun - A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercle , tubercles that can be chewed as a narcotic. Also called mescal.
- A mescal button produced by the plant.
- The name-sake source of mescaline.
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| pharmaceutical |
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noun
- (medicine) a pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.
adjective
- (medicine) of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
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| pharmacognosy |
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noun - The branch of pharmacology that studies medical substances that are extracted from natural sources, including drugs derived from plants and herbs used for medicinal purposes. Also, the branch of pharmacology dealign with recognizing the natural substances that have medicinal uses.
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| pharmacokinetics |
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noun
- (pharmacology) A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
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| pharmacology |
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noun
- (medicine) The science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals, especially the science of the manufacture, use and effects of medicinal drugs.
- The medicinal characteristics of a specific drug.
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| pharmacy |
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noun (pharmacies)
- A place where prescription drugs are dispensed, a dispensary.
- The science of medicinal substances comprising pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry and forensics.
- The occupation of a pharmacist.
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| phenacetin |
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noun
- Any of a class of analgesic, antifebrin and antipyretic drugs derived from acetanilide.
category:Pharmaceutical drugs
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| phencyclidine |
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noun - (chemistry) A veterinary anesthetic, used illegally in humans as a hallucinogen
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| phenoxybenzamine |
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noun - (medicine) an alpha-blocker and vasodilator
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| phentolamine |
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noun
- (pharmaceutical drug) A drug, injected into the penis, to treat erectile dysfunction.
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| phenylbutazone |
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noun
- (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-inflammatory and analgesic drug used to treat arthritis and gout.
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| phenylpropanolamine |
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noun
- (pharmaceutical drug) An adrenergic drug use to relieve allergic reactions, to treat respiratory infections and to suppress the appetite.
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| physic |
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noun
- (countable) A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.
- (uncountable) The art or profession of healing disease; medicine.
verb (physics, physicking, physicked)
- (transitive) To cure or heal; to treat or administer medicine, especially to purge.
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| pill |
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noun
- A small portion of a drug or drugs to be taken orally, usually of roughly cylindrical shape, often coated to prolong dissolution or ease swallowing.
- 1864, Benjamin Ellis, The Medical Formulary http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC14843090&id=pHoMvHRmrlIC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=%22take+two+pills%22&as_brr=1
- :Take two pills every hour in the apyrexia of intermittent fever, until eight are taken.
- the pill: A pill which functions as a contraceptive.
- 1986, Jurriaan Plesman, Getting Off the Hook: Treatment of Drug Addiction and Social Disorders Through Body and Mind http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1862525919&id=cIbpj59s-KAC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=%22on+the+pill%22&as_brr=1&sig=z-8oEUpPPJD-kIIWP8AUxG4Obic
- :Many specialists are requesting that this vitamin be included in all contraceptive pills, as women on the pill have a tendency to be depressed.
- A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
- 2000, Susan Isaacs, Shining Through http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0061030155&id=6_1FJWFEYGoC&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=%22a+real+pill%22&sig=RCUR5O3MhNXeq8rMOnx9-LR5Mfo
- :Instead, I saw a woman in her mid-fifties, who was a real ; while all the others had managed a decent "So pleased," or even a plain "Hello," Ginger just inclined her head, as if she was doing a Queen Mary imitation.
- A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
- 1999, Wally Lamb, I Know This Much Is True http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0060987561&id=LOYeA9GmrEwC&pg=PA201&lpg=PA201&dq=%22sweater+pills%22&sig=U11GOkTpfHlqyGyIdk7ZNZ0GNuI
- :One sleeve, threadbare and loaded with what my mother called "sweater pills," hung halfway to the floor.
- (context, archaic, baseball, slang) A baseball term meaning the ball.
- 2002, John Klima, Pitched Battle: 35 of Baseball's Greatest Duels from the Mound http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0786412038&id=G126RsLD3MsC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=%22threw+the+pill%22&sig=NmyoxWN_bP5AHc9imVPMTxY7lvw
- :Mr. Fisher contributed to the Sox effort when he threw the past second baseman Rath after Felsch hit him a comebacker.
- A comical or entertaining person.
- (obsolete) A small inlet or creek of a tidal river, especially one with a landing stage or wharf.
verb
- (intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
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| pilocarpine |
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noun
- (biochemistry) An muscarinic alkaloid obtained from the leaves of tropical American shrubs from the genus Pilocarpus.
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| pituitary |
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noun (plural pituitaries)
- The pituitary gland.
- (medicine) An extract from the pituitary gland.
adjective
- Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
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| P.O. |
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abbreviation (infl, en, abbreviation)
- post office
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| poison |
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noun
- A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.
- We used a to kill the weeds.
- Something that harms a person or thing.
- Gossip is a malicious .
- (idiomatic) A drink; liquor.
verb
- (transitive) To use poison to kill or paralyse somebody
- : The assassin poisoned the king.
- (transitive) To pollute; to cause some part of the environment to become poisonous
- : That factory is poisoning the river.
- (transitive) To cause something to become much worse
- : Suspicion will their relationship.
- : He poisoned the mood in the room with his non-stop criticism.
- (transitive) To cause someone to hate or to have unfair negative opinions
- : She's poisoned him against all his old friends.
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| polymyxin |
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noun
- Any of several toxic antibiotics, derived from the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa, used to treat infections by gram-negative bacteria
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| Poppy |
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proper noun
- (mostly U.K. ) (given name, female), a flower name used since the end of the nineteenth century.
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| posology |
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noun
- (pharmacy) The study of the dosages of drugs, especially the determination of appropriate dosages.
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| prednisolone |
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noun
- (pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic glucocorticoid steroid, similar to hydrocortisone, used as an anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and antiallergic drug.
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| prednisone |
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noun - (steroid drug) A synthetic corticosteroid used to treat a large number of conditions.
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| prepare |
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verb (prepar, ing)
- (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose.
- We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff.
- (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
- We prepared a fish for dinner.
- (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
- We prepared for a bumpy ride.
- (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
- She prepared a meal from what was left in the cupboards.
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| progesterone |
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noun
- (steroid hormone) A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy.
- (steroid drug) A synthetic version of the compound, used in contraceptive pills and other pharmaceutical products.
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noun
- A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
- American usage only (dated) Specifically, a prophylactic condom.
- 1977, Human Life Center, International Review of Natural Family Planning, Human Life Center, St. John's University (1977), p. 2,
- It is not clear whether such education is to be directed to homosexuals (for whom prophylactics are not a contraceptive) or to heterosexuals as well (for whom prophylactics are a contraceptive).
- 1994, Mary Louise Roberts, Civilization Without Sexes: reconstructing gender in postwar France, 1917-1927, University of Chicago Press (1994), p. 96,
- Given the widespread use of coitus interruptus and male prophylactics as contraceptive practices in France …
- 2000, Peter Parnell and John Irving, The Cider House Rules: Here in St. Cloud's, Dramatists Play Service, Inc. (2000), p. 46,
- Some men put the on just the tip of the penis: this is a mistake, because the prophylactic will come off.
adjective
- prophylactical, Prophylactical.
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| proprietary |
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adjective
- Relating to property or ownership.
- the rights
- Of or relating to the quality of being an owner.
- the class
- Manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights (IPR), as with a patent or trade secret.
- The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many products.
- Privately owned.
- a lake
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| prostaglandin |
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noun - (biochemistry) Any of a group of naturally occurring lipids derived from the C20 acid prostanoic acid; they have a number of physiological functions and may be considered to be hormones.
- 2001: This enzyme generates an inflammatory mediator known as , which triggers pain and other aspects of inflammation. " Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 51)
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| pseudoephedrine |
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noun - A sympathomimetic alkaloid commonly used as a decongestant; a chemical compound, an isomer of ephedrine, with the formula C10H15NO.
category:Pharmaceutical drugs
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| psychedelic |
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noun
- Any psychoactive substance (such as LSD or Psilocybin) which, when consume, consumed, causes perception, perceptual changes (sometimes erratic and uncontrollable), visual hallucination, and altered awareness of the body and mind.
adjective
- Of, containing or generating hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness etc
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| psychoactive |
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adjective
- (pharmacology) Affecting the mind or mental processes.
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| psychopharmacology |
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noun
- (pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology which pertains to the psychoactive aspects of drugs.
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| psychotomimetic |
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noun
- (pharmacology) A psychotomimetic drug (such as LSD).
adjective
- (pharmacology) That induces a temporary state of altered perception and symptoms similar to those of psychosis (such as hallucinations).
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| psychotropic |
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noun
- (pharmacology) A psychotropic drug or agent.
adjective
- (pharmacology) Affecting the mind or mental processes.
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| purge |
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noun
- the act of purging
- evacuation of the bowels or of pipes
- forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
verb (purg, ing)
- (transitive) to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurity, impurities
- (transitive) (religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
- (transitive) (medicine) to void the bowel
- (transitive) (law) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
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| pyrethrum |
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noun
- a perennial African plant, Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, that is the source of the pyrethrin insecticides
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| pyrimethamine |
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noun - (medicine) a folic acid antagonist, used in the prophylactic treatment of malaria
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