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Adverse reaction
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Adverse reactionIn pharmacology, any unexpected or dangerous reaction to a drug. An unwanted effect caused by the administration of a drug. The onset of the adverse reaction may be sudden or develop over time. Also called an adverse drug event (ADE), adverse drug reaction (ADR), adverse effect or adverse event.
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Pharmacology
The science that deals with the characteristics, effects, and uses of drugs and their interactions with living organisms.
Event
A set of outcomes. Cardiovascular events might include a heart attack and gastrointestinal events a GI bleed. The use of the term "event" in medicine comes from probability theory.
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Adventist Health
Adventist Health is a hospital in Roseville, California (USA).
Adventist Medical Center
Adventist Medical Center is a hospital in Portland, Oregon (USA).
Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland
The Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland is a hospital in Rockville, Maryland, United States.
Adventitia
"The outermost connective tissue covering of any organ, vessel, or other structure. For example, the connective tissue that surrounds an artery is called the adventitia because it is considered extraneous to the artery. ""Adventitia"" comes from the Latin ""adventicius"" meaning ""foreign, strange, extraneous, coming from abroad or from outside."" Other English words that stem from ""advenire"" include ""adventure"" and ""avenue."" A related term is ""adventititious"" meaning ""coming from an external source or occurring in an unusual place or manner."" When a doctor or nurse listens to the chest or abdomen, adventitious sounds are those that are normally not heard coming from the chest or abdomen."
Adventitious
"Coming from an external source or occurring in an unusual place or manner. Not inherent, inherited or innate but rather occurring accidentally or spontaneously. When a doctor or nurse auscults (listens to) the chest or abdomen, adventitious sounds are those that are normally not heard coming from the chest or abdomen. The word ""adventitious"" comes from the Latin ""adventicius"" meaning ""foreign, strange, extraneous, coming from abroad or from outside."" This, in turn, comes from the verb ""advenire"" meaning ""to come to"" or ""to arrive."" Other English words that stem from ""advenire"" include ""adventure,"" ""avenue,"" and the medical term ""adventitia."""
Adverse drug event
See: Adverse reaction.
Adverse drug reaction
See: Adverse reaction.
Adverse effect
A harmful or abnormal result. An adverse effect may be caused by administration of a medication or by exposure to a chemical and be indicated by an untoward result such as by illness or death.
Adverse event
In pharmacology, any unexpected or dangerous reaction to a drug.
Adverse event (AE)
Any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation subject administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. An adverse event (AE) can therefore be any unfavourable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal (investigational) product, whether or not related to the medicinal (investigational) product. See also serious adverse event.
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Adventitious
"Coming from an external source or occurring in an unusual place or manner. Not inherent, inherited or innate but rather occurring accidentally or spontaneously. When a doctor or nurse auscults (listens to) the chest or abdomen, adventitious sounds are those that are normally not heard coming from the chest or abdomen. The word ""adventitious"" comes from the Latin ""adventicius"" meaning ""foreign, strange, extraneous, coming from abroad or from outside."" This, in turn, comes from the verb ""advenire"" meaning ""to come to"" or ""to arrive."" Other English words that stem from ""advenire"" include ""adventure,"" ""avenue,"" and the medical term ""adventitia."""
Adverse drug event
See: Adverse reaction.
Adverse drug reaction
See: Adverse reaction.
Adverse effect
A harmful or abnormal result. An adverse effect may be caused by administration of a medication or by exposure to a chemical and be indicated by an untoward result such as by illness or death.
Adverse event
In pharmacology, any unexpected or dangerous reaction to a drug.
Adverse reaction
AED (automated external defibrillator)
See: Automated external defibrillator.
Aer-, aero-
Prefix indicating a problem due to air or gas, such as aerogastria (excess stomach gas.)
Aerophobia
"An abnormal and persistent fear of flying. Sufferers experience severe anxiety even though they usually realize that the flying does not pose a threat commensurate with their fear. Aerophobia also means an irrational fear of fresh air or drafts of air. Derived from the Greek ""aero-"", air or gas + ""phobos"", fear = literally, fear of air."
Aerosinusitis
Sinus troubles, particularly with pain, due to changing atmospheric pressures, as when going up or down in a plane. Also called barosinusitis or sinus barotrauma.
Aerosol
"1. In general, a fine mist or spray which contains minute particles.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Pharmacology
The science that deals with the characteristics, effects, and uses of drugs and their interactions with living organisms.
Event
A set of outcomes. Cardiovascular events might include a heart attack and gastrointestinal events a GI bleed. The use of the term "event" in medicine comes from probability theory.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Adventist Health
Adventist Health is a hospital in Roseville, California (USA).
Adventist Medical Center
Adventist Medical Center is a hospital in Portland, Oregon (USA).
Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland
The Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland is a hospital in Rockville, Maryland, United States.
Adventitia
"The outermost connective tissue covering of any organ, vessel, or other structure. For example, the connective tissue that surrounds an artery is called the adventitia because it is considered extraneous to the artery. ""Adventitia"" comes from the Latin ""adventicius"" meaning ""foreign, strange, extraneous, coming from abroad or from outside."" Other English words that stem from ""advenire"" include ""adventure"" and ""avenue."" A related term is ""adventititious"" meaning ""coming from an external source or occurring in an unusual place or manner."" When a doctor or nurse listens to the chest or abdomen, adventitious sounds are those that are normally not heard coming from the chest or abdomen."
Adventitious
"Coming from an external source or occurring in an unusual place or manner. Not inherent, inherited or innate but rather occurring accidentally or spontaneously. When a doctor or nurse auscults (listens to) the chest or abdomen, adventitious sounds are those that are normally not heard coming from the chest or abdomen. The word ""adventitious"" comes from the Latin ""adventicius"" meaning ""foreign, strange, extraneous, coming from abroad or from outside."" This, in turn, comes from the verb ""advenire"" meaning ""to come to"" or ""to arrive."" Other English words that stem from ""advenire"" include ""adventure,"" ""avenue,"" and the medical term ""adventitia."""
Adverse drug event
See: Adverse reaction.
Adverse drug reaction
See: Adverse reaction.
Adverse effect
A harmful or abnormal result. An adverse effect may be caused by administration of a medication or by exposure to a chemical and be indicated by an untoward result such as by illness or death.
Adverse event
In pharmacology, any unexpected or dangerous reaction to a drug.
Adverse event (AE)
Any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation subject administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. An adverse event (AE) can therefore be any unfavourable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal (investigational) product, whether or not related to the medicinal (investigational) product. See also serious adverse event.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Adventitious
"Coming from an external source or occurring in an unusual place or manner. Not inherent, inherited or innate but rather occurring accidentally or spontaneously. When a doctor or nurse auscults (listens to) the chest or abdomen, adventitious sounds are those that are normally not heard coming from the chest or abdomen. The word ""adventitious"" comes from the Latin ""adventicius"" meaning ""foreign, strange, extraneous, coming from abroad or from outside."" This, in turn, comes from the verb ""advenire"" meaning ""to come to"" or ""to arrive."" Other English words that stem from ""advenire"" include ""adventure,"" ""avenue,"" and the medical term ""adventitia."""
Adverse drug event
See: Adverse reaction.
Adverse drug reaction
See: Adverse reaction.
Adverse effect
A harmful or abnormal result. An adverse effect may be caused by administration of a medication or by exposure to a chemical and be indicated by an untoward result such as by illness or death.
Adverse event
In pharmacology, any unexpected or dangerous reaction to a drug.
Adverse reaction
AED (automated external defibrillator)
See: Automated external defibrillator.
Aer-, aero-
Prefix indicating a problem due to air or gas, such as aerogastria (excess stomach gas.)
Aerophobia
"An abnormal and persistent fear of flying. Sufferers experience severe anxiety even though they usually realize that the flying does not pose a threat commensurate with their fear. Aerophobia also means an irrational fear of fresh air or drafts of air. Derived from the Greek ""aero-"", air or gas + ""phobos"", fear = literally, fear of air."
Aerosinusitis
Sinus troubles, particularly with pain, due to changing atmospheric pressures, as when going up or down in a plane. Also called barosinusitis or sinus barotrauma.
Aerosol
"1. In general, a fine mist or spray which contains minute particles.
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