| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Allergen | An agent that causes an allergic response |
| Ampule | A small sterile glass or plastic container that usually contains a single dose of a solution |
| Anesthetic | A drug or agent that is capable of producing a complete or partial loss of feeling |
| Angina pectoris | A paroxysmal thoracic pain that may radiate down the inner aspect of the left arm and is frequently accompanied by a feeling of suffocation and imprending death. It is caused by spasm or occlusion of a coronary artery and is treated by administration of nitroglycerine |
| Antidote | A drug or other substance that opposes the action of a poison |
| Buccal | Pertaining to the inside of the cheek, or to the surface of the tooth or the gum beside the cheek. The ____ route of medication administration involves placement of a drug in paste form on the ____ surface of the mouth |
| Cathartic | A laxative preparation |
| Diluent | A substance, generally a fluid, that makes a solution or mixture less concentrated, less viscous, or more liquid |
| Edema | The abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces of tissues. Also called swelling |
| Extravasation | A passage or escape from a blood or lymph vessel into the tissues, usually of blood, serum, or lymph. With respect to intravenous fluids, the same as infiltration |
| Generic | Pertaining to a substance, product, or drug that is not protected by trademark |
| Hematoma | A collection of extravasated blood trapped in the tissues of the skin or in an organ, resulting from trauma or incomplete hemostasis after surgery |
| Hydrostatic pressure | The pressure exerted by a liquid. The __________ pressure of an intravenous infusion is dertermined by the height of the fluid container with respect to the vein |
| Infiltration | The process whereby a fluid passes into the tissues, such as when a local anesthetic is administered or an intravenous infusion leaks from a vein |
| Intradermal | Within the dermis layer of the skin |
| Intramuscular | Within muscle tissue |
| Intrathecal | Pertaining to a structure, process, or substance within a sheath, such as within the spinal canal |
| Intravenous infusion | Delivery of fluids and medications into a vein at a slow and constant rate by gravity flow |
| Metabolize | To change physically and chemically as a result of body processes |
| Parenteral | Pertaining to treatment introduced into the body rather than through the digestive system |
| Potent | Active, powerful, or strong |
| Standing order | A written document containing rules, policies, procedures, regulations, and orders for the conduct of patient care in carious stipulated clinical situations |
| Subcutaneous | Beneath the skin |
| Sublingual | Pertaining to the area beneath the tongue |
| Synergistic | The acting or working together of two or more components, as when medications produce a combined effect |
| Topical | Mode of medication administration in which the medication is applied to the surface of a part of the body |
| Toxic | Effect resulting from an excess amount of medication in the blood; these effects may be caused by excessive use of medications, overdose, impaired secretion, or an idiosyncratic reaction to the medication; syn: to have a poisonous effect |
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