Pharmacologic Substance
pharmacologic substance
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Definitions related to pharmacologic substance:
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(drug) An active natural, synthetic or semi-synthetic ingredient including endogenous body substance that is intended to furnish pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease or to affect the structure or any function of the human body, but does not include intermediates used in the synthesis of such ingredient (21 CFR 314.3(b)).CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(drug) Any substance, other than food, that is used to prevent, diagnose, treat or relieve symptoms of a disease or abnormal condition. Also refers to a substance that alters mood or body function, or that can be habit-forming or addictive, especially a narcotic.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(drug) Article other than food intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease; or intended to affect the structure or any function of the body. not a device or a component, part, or accessory of a device.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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An article other than food intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease; or intended to affect the structure or any function of the body. Example(s): aspirin.BRIDG Model DictionaryBiomedical Research Integrated Domain Group, 2019
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Any natural, endogenously-derived, synthetic or semi-synthetic compound with pharmacologic activity. A pharmacologic substance has one or more specific mechanism of action(s) through which it exerts one or more effect(s) on the human or animal body. They can be used to potentially prevent, diagnose, treat or relieve symptoms of a disease. Formulation specific agents and some combination agents are also classified as pharmacologic substances.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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