Question

please define the following.

PHARMACOLOGY Ace inhibitors Analgesic Anesthetic Antacid Antibiotic Anticoagulant Anticonvulsant Antiseptic Beta-blockers Corticosteroids Diuretics NSAIDs ABBREVIATIONS AED AIDS BDT BX C&S CBC CP CPR ECHO EEG ELISA EMG g/dL HCT HIV k/ml LLE m/ml MD mm HG N&v RBC UV WBC

Answer 1

angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor is a drug used for treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure.

Analgesic is the drug used for the treatment of pain

Anesthetic is drug used to give anesthesia

Antacid is the drug used for the acidity of the stoamch

antibiotic is a drug of choice for the prevention growth of micro-organisms especially bacteria

anticoagulant is the medicine used to prevent blood from claoting

anticonvulsant is the medicine used to treaat epilepsy

antiseptic is the substance used to clean infected things

beta blockers are the medicine which blocks the beta channels of the nurochemical junction and hence block the action of adrenaline  

corticosteriods are the group of adrenal hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or mimic the same.

Diuratic is medicine which promotes production of urine in the kidney

NSAID- non steroid anti inflamatory drug that reduces pain, fever and inflamation

AED Automatic External Defibrillator

AIDS- acquired immune deficiency syndrome

BDT-Bone Dry Ton

BX - Biopsy

C &S - Culture and sensitivity

CBC – Complete Blood Count

CP – Cerebral Palsy

CPR – Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation

ECHO – Echocardiogram

EEG – Electro Encephalogram

ELISA - Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

EMG – Electromyogram

g/dl – gram per decilitre

HCT – Haematocrit

HIV – Human immune deficiency virus

k/ml – kilocalorie per millilitre

LLE - left lower extremity

m/ml – moles per millilitre

MD – Doctor of medicine

mmHG – millimetre of mercury

N&V – Nausea and vomiting

RBC – red blood corpuscles

UV – Ultraviolet

WBC – White blood corpuscles