Pharmacology Terms

Name Description
Depressant a substance which retards any function.
Depurative a substance tending to purify or cleanse.
Depurative Tends to purify or removes waste products or foul excretion.
Dermatosis A nonspecific terms used to embrace any cutaneous eruptions.
Detergent An agent that purifies or cleanses.
Diabetes a disease in which the body is unable to metabolize sugar properly.
Diaphoretic A drug that increases the secretion of the sweat/ a substance that promotes perspiration
Diarrhoea an abnormally frequent discharge of more or less liquid stools.
Diathesis The constitutional or inborn state disposing to a disease.
Digestive a substance which aids digestion.