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Certified Medication Aide Terms Syrups is a heavy sugar and water solution with flavoring Spirits is alcohol mixed with volatile oil Tincture is 10-20% drug solution in alcohol and/or water Fluid extract is a highly concentrated alcohol solution Elixir is a solution of alc...

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Certified Medication Aide Terms
Syrups
is a heavy sugar and water solution with flavoring


Spirits
is alcohol mixed with volatile oil


Tincture
is 10-20% drug solution in alcohol and/or water


Fluid extract
is a highly concentrated alcohol solution


Elixir
is a solution of alcohol, water, sweetener, a aromatics


Emulsion
is oils and fats suspended in water


Magma
is a mixture of heavy particles and water


Gels
is a thick mixture of fine particles with water


Liniment
is designed to be rubbed in


Lotion
is designed to be patted on


Ointment
is a preparation in a base of lanolin or petrolatum


Opthalmic
is a sterile preparation for application in the eye


Angina pectoris
chest pain resulting from lack of oxygen in the heart tissue


Arrhythmia
Irregular heart beat

, Cyanosis
bluish color of the skin due to lack of oxygen


Diastolic pressure
force of the blood when the heart is at rest between contractions


Embolism
the obstruction of a blood vessel by a foreign substances or a blood clot blocking vessel


Systolic pressure
force of blood pushing against the artery walls when the ventricles contract


Thrombus
a blood clot formed in a blood vessel


Allergen
a substance that causes an allergic reaction


Alveoli
air sacs in the lungs that permit the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide through capillary walls


Apnea
without breathing


Dyspnea
difficult or labored breathing


Hypernea
breathing too rapidly and too deeply


Orthopnea
difficulty breathing when lying down


Productive cough
a cough that brings up mucus


Sputum
abnormally thick fluid formed in the lower respiratory tract that may contain blood, pus or bacteria


Tachypnea
rapid breathing

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