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`Dictionary of Pharmacy
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`Dennis B. Worthen, PhD
`Editor in Chief
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`Julian H. Fincher, PhD
`L. Clifton Fuhrman, PhD
`Linda L. Krypel, Pl1armD
`Kenneth A. Lawson Jr., PhD
`W. Steven Pray, PhD
`Jenelle Sobotka, PharmD
`Victor D. Warner, PhD
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`Contributing Editors
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`Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
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`Dictionary of pharmacy/ Dennis B. Wm1hen, ed itor-i n-chief; Julian H. Fincher .
`[et al.], contributing editors.
`p. ; c111. -
`(Pharmaceutical heritage editi ons)
`ISBN 0-7890-2328-8 (soft : alk. paper)
`I. Pharmacy-Dicti onaries.
`I. Worthen, Dennis B.
`heritage.
`I . Pharmacy- Dictionary-English. 2. Pharmacology-Dictionary(cid:173)
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`English. QV 13 055355 2004]
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`II. Series: Phm·maceutical
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`RSS 1.0482 2004
`61 S'. l '03-dc22
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`200400 1894
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`78 DICTIONARY OF PHARMACY
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`comprehensive benefits plan a variati on of the major medi cal plan that
`carries coinsurance requirements, usually IO to 20 percent of all health ex(cid:173)
`penses and deductibles ranging from $ 100 to $ 1,000.
`compressed-coated tablet a tablet covered by pressing the coating mate-
`1ial around a previously tableted core; used for coating in the absence of
`water or other liquids
`compressed tablet SEE tablet, compressed
`compressibility a measure of the ease of compacting a di screte quantity
`of material into a nom·esilient mass; granu les for tableting must exhibit a
`hi gh degree of compressibility; liquids exhibit low compressibility, whereas
`gases are highly compressible
`compression process of rendering a di screte quantity of substance more
`dense or more co mpact; examples: solid granules to tablets, gases to liq(cid:173)
`uids; synonym: co mpaction
`compression coating SEE coating; compressed-coa ted tablet
`compressor device or apparatus used to increase gaseous pressure in a
`closed system; example: refrigeration pump
`compulsion insistent, repetiti ve urge to perfo rm an act contrary to one's
`better judgment
`Concato's disease polyserositis
`concentration an ex pression of the number of parts of one component
`per total parts of all other components in a system; used in many ways,
`such as percent by vo lume, by weight and by weight-in- volume, molarity,
`normality, milligram percent, molality, and mole fraction
`concentration range allowable (acceptable) variation in parts of one
`component per total parts of all other components of a system; example:
`drug concentrati on varying from 98 to 102 percent of labeled amount in
`each dosage unit
`concomitant 1: at the same time 2: joined together
`concurrent drug evaluation an electroni c assessment of claims at the
`point of service to detect potenti al problems that should be addressed prior
`to di spensing medi cines to pati ents
`concurrent monitors procedures fo r regular surve illance of patient care
`conducted while the care is being provided
`concu rrent review an assess ment that determines medi cal necessity or
`approp1iateness of services as they are being rendered
`condensation 1: reactio n in whi ch two or more orga nic molecules are
`co nnected to form a large r molecul e: sy nonym: polyme1ization 2: a reduc-
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