Pharmacology

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Dental Pharmacological Terminology

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Analgesic: A medicine used to relieve pain
Anesthetic: A drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
Antibiotic: A chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure
Anticoagulant: Medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
Anticonvulsant: A drug used to treat or prevent convulsions
Antidepressant: Any of a class of drugs used to treat depression
Antifungal: Any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi
Antihistamine: A medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds
Bronchodilator: A drug that relaxes and dilates the ___ passageways and improves the passages of air into
Contraceptive: An agent or device intended to prevent conception
Decongestant: A drug that decreases pulmonary congestion
Diuretic: Any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine
Hemostatic: Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
Intradermal: Relating to areas between the layers of the skin
Subcutaneous: Relating to or located below the epidermis
Intramuscular: Within a muscle
Epidermis: The outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates