Medication terminology

For readers unfamiliar with the Internet, detailed instructions are offered on how to access electronic resources. For readers unfamiliar with medical terminology, a comprehensive... 

DCM is a Cabinet server that provides encyclopedic information of Chinese medicines and medical conditions from the book, A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine [42], It has over 220 000 searchable fields in four different languages (English, traditional Chinese, Pinyin and Latin). DCM is a tool that includes Chinese and Western medical terminology and gives medication as well as acupuncture treatment descriptions. DCM is implemented for finding definitions without leaving the TCM database. Many medicinal sources are identified by pictures generated from PARK. 

There is a plethora of medical terminologies available but the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) has been adopted by the ICH as the standard medical terminology for regulatory communication. 

International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) of Technical Requirements of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use. Topic Ml Medical Terminology (Draft). Available at http //www.ifpma.org/ich5e.html. Accessed 21 July 2001. 

MedDRA. The global standard medical terminology for regulatory activities (MedDRA) continued to evolve. Version 6.1 was released in September 2003, Version 7.0 and 7.1 are issued in March 2004 and September 2004 respectively. 

Ml Medical Terminology Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities Terminology (MedDRA) ... 

In order to evaluate and draw conclusions from this mass of data, the agency developed a standardized medical terminology and codified reports... 

UMLS http //www.nlm.nih.gov/ research/umls/ For medical terminology integration... 

MedDRA http //www.meddramsso.com/ A medical terminology for adverse events... 

International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH). Topic M4 Organisation of Common Technical Document for the Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use CPMP/ICH/2887/99. London European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products, 2000. International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH). Topic Ml Medical Terminology (Draft). Available at hllp //www.ifpma.org/ich5e.html. Accessed July 21, 2001. 

It is important that social workers stay abreast of medical terminology and jargon. To read and interpret medical records, social workers need to be aware of the symbols and abbreviations commonly used in the... 

The study of medical terminology is integral to any study of the health care system. Like any other field, health care has its own special language, and an understanding of that language is necessary for an understanding of the discipline. 

Since medical terms do not vary in meaning from one generation to another or from one community to another, they are extremely precise in their definitions and allow those in the health care community to converse with each other with exactitude. This exactitude, however, is lost to those who do not understand the language. Therefore, it is important for the pharmacist to be well versed in medical terminology, especially in the role of the provider of pharmaceutical care. 

Some words are comprised of more than one root, each of which retains its basic meaning. Such words, referred to as compounds, are very commonly found in medical terminology. 

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