This post contains some one liners of Pharmaceutics. These will help you to strengthen your basics in Pharmaceutics.
One liners Pharmaceutics| B.Pharmacy| Pharmacy file-1
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Adherence of particles into a larger mass due to moisture, static charge, or chemical or mechanical binding
agglomeration
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Accumulation or collection of particles into larger units.
aggregation
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Solid substances that are not crystals. These solids consist of randomly oriented molecules. Solids without definite shape consist of randomly oriented molecules.
amorphous
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Molecules that contain groups with characteristically different properties, e.g., both hydrophilic and lipophilic (hydrophobic) properties.
amphiphilic
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Characteristic angle of slope formed with the horizontal by the side of a static conical mound of powder.
angle of repose
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Process by which food is rendered free from pathogenic, toxigenic, and spoilage organisms.
appertization
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Substance that acts as adhesives to bind together powders for making tablets (direct tableting) or granules (granulation) that are mainly used in tableting.
binder
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Procedure for estimating the concentration or biological activity of a substance by measuring its effect on a living system compared to a standard system
bioassay
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Relative amount of the administered dose of a drug that reaches systemic circulation from a certain dosage form in comparison to the amount that reaches the systemic circulation by iv administration
bioavailability
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Relationship between two preparations of the same drug in the same dosage form that have a similar bioavailability.
bioequivalence
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For a substance, the time required for the amount of a drug or a substance in a biological system to be reduced to one-half of its value by biological processes when the rate of removal is approximately exponential.
biological half life
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Virus, therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, or analogous product applicable to the prevention, treatment, or cure of diseases or injuries in humans and/or animals.
biological product
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A Characteristic of a powder rather than of individual particles given by the mass of powder occupying a known volume
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Technique that uses living organisms to make or modify products, to improve plants or animals, or to develop microorganisms for specific uses
biotechnology
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Usually a small, flat, and soft tablet, which is designed to be placed inside the cheek to be directly absorbed through the mucosa for systemic effect.
buccal tablet
