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Initial, typically larger than the maintenance dose of a drug given to a patient at the start of pharmacotherapy.
Pharmaceutics Pharmacist Competitive Exams
Q. Initial, typically larger than the maintenance dose of a drug given to a patient at the start of pharmacotherapy.
Ans → loading dose
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Q. Insertion or grafting of a biological, living, inert, or radioactive material into the body.
Ans → implantation
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Q. Specific case of drug embedding in insoluble excipients (typically in a polymer) in order to achieve extended release.
Ans → matrix formulation
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Q. Small sterile usually polymeric matrices, pellets, or particles for insertion or implanting into the body by surgical means or by injection to help achieve sustained release.
Ans → implants
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Q. Emulsions in which the dispersed droplets are in the micron-size range.
Ans → microemulsions
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Q. Number that expresses the reduction in the numbers of a microorganism, brought about by a sterilizaion process.
Ans → inactivation factor (IF)
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Q. Reversible formation of association colloids from surfactants in nonpolar solvents leads to aggregates termed inverted (or inverse, reverse, or reversed) micelles.
Ans → inverted micelle
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Q. A Solid spherical particles of micron-size range, used as matrix dosage forms.
Ans → microsphere
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Q. Artificial spherical lipid bilayer droplet formed mainly from phospholipids having a core of water phase, small enough to form a relatively stable dispersion in aqueous media and with potential use in drug delivery.
Ans → liposome
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Q. Concentration of a drug that must be achieved in the plasma before any desired therapeutic or pharmacological effect can be obtained.
Ans → minimum effective plasma concentration
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Q. Initial, typically larger than the maintenance dose of a drug given to a patient at the start of pharmacotherapy.
Ans → loading dose
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Q. Lowest concentration of an antibacterial drug necessary to inhibit the growth of a microorganism.
Ans → minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)
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Q. Tablet, which does not contain a disintegrant and which is sucked to dissolve in the mouth to produce either a local (e.g., antiseptic) or systemic (e.g., vitamins) effect.
Ans → lozenge
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Q. Release of a drug from a dosage form that it is not immediate
Ans → modified release
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Q. Carbohydrates are the polyhydroxyaldehydes or ketones, or compounds which produce them on
Ans → Hydrolysis
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Q. Release of a drug from a dosage form that it is not immediate
Ans → modified release
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Q. The successful colonization of a microorganism within a host is called as
Ans → infection
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Q. Name the enzyme that unwinds DNA by breaking the hydrogen bonds between the nitrogenous base pairs, using ATP
Ans → helicase
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Q. Specific case of drug embedding in insoluble excipients (typically in a polymer) in order to achieve extended release.
Ans → matrix formulation
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Q. The science of studying a collection of mRNA molecules produced from microbial communities
Ans → metatranscriptomics
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Q. Growth on the skin associated with infection by any of the human papilloma viruses (HPV); commonly known as a wart
Ans → papilloma
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Q. A ring structure formed from complement proteins C6 through C9 that penetrates the membranes of a targeted cell, causing cell lysis and death
Ans → membrane attack complex (MAC)
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Q. 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.
Ans → biological half life
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Q. The extrinsic and intrinsic pathways result in the formation of a common activated factor
Ans → Staurt factor
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Q. The particular order in which electrons are arranged in an atom or molecule.
Ans → electronic configuration
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Q. Name the organism that depends on high concentrations of salt in the environment to grow
Ans → halophile
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Q. Name term that describes a solid of regular shape and the presence of three-dimensional order on the level of atomic dimensions, for a given molecule.
Ans → crystalline
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Q. The tendency for a molecule to acquire electrons and become reduced
Ans → redox potential
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Q. Isomers that differ in the order the atoms are placed. They have the same number of atoms, just in a different order.
Ans → Constitutional Isomers
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Q. A a substance which cannot be further subdivided by chemical methods.
Ans → element
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Q. When particles move to a lower area of concentration from a high area of concentration.
Ans → diffusion
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Q. Name a membrane-bound organelle (not part of the endomembrane system) that produces hydrogen peroxide to break down various types of molecules;
Ans → peroxisome
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Q. A reaction between an acid and a base that results in salt and water.
Ans → neutralization reaction
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Q. Reversal of coagulation or flocculation, i.e., the dispersion of aggregates to form a stable colloidal suspension or emulsion.
Ans → deflocculation
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Q. Name the molecule that slides between the stacked nitrogenous bases of the DNA double helix, potentially resulting in a frameshift mutation
Ans → intercalating agent
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Q. Name the rule that states that atoms will lose, gain, or share electrons in order to achieve a filled valence shell, to complete their octet.
Ans → Octet Rule
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Q. The process of separating the lighter particles of a powder from the heavier ones by means of an upward-directed stream of fluid
Ans → elutriation
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Q. The migration of a double bond in a 3-carbon system from carbon atoms one and two to carbon atoms two and three
Ans → allylic rearrangement
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Q. Dosage form, semi-solid, used for the administration of drugs via the rectal route, for systemic or local effect.
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Q. When a complex is formed between a metal ion and an a ligand in solution, the equilibrium may be expressed by a constant which is related to the free energy change for the process
Ans → stability constant
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Q. Substance that acts as adhesives to bind together powders for making tablets (direct tableting) or granules (granulation) that are mainly used in tableting.
Ans → binder
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Q. Usually water or low-molecular-weight alcohols or compounds, used in topical applications and in wet granulation, for the production of tablets.
Ans → moistening agents
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