Pharmacology Terms

Name Description
Antipyretic Antiphlegmatic, A substance that reduces fever.
Antirheumatic a substance used to alleviate rheumatism (pain, swelling, and deformity of the joints).
Antiscorbutic a substance used to prevent scurvy.
Antiseptic a substance used to kill germs.
Antispasmodic a substance used to alleviate sustained, often painful, contractions of the muscles.
Antispasmodic Preventive or curative of convulsions or spasmodic affections.
Antisplenitic a substance used to alleviate inflammation of the spleen.
Antitetanic a substance used to counteract or alleviate the condition tetanus (tonic spasm of voluntary muscles).
Antivenereal a substance used to counteract venereal diseases.
Anuria Total suppression of urine.