Glossary

Find Definition by Term and/or Language

Browse All Terms

Beginning With:
3 | 5 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z :: All

  • Abiogenesis

    Spontaneous generation

  • Abiotic

    Absence of living organisms.

  • ABM

    Application Briefing Meeting

  • ABMA

    American Bearing Manufacturers Association

  • ABMA

    American Boiler Manufacturers Association

  • ABMT

    Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplantation

  • ABPI

    Association of The British Pharmaceutical Industry (United Kingdom)

  • ABRA

    American Blood Resource Association

  • ABRF

    Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities

  • ABS

    Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene

  • ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)

    A plastic material used to make pipe; based on combinations of acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene; ABS is a relatively inert material and contributes little in the way of contamination to pharmaceutical water.

  • Absolute Configuration

    The configuration of four different substituent groups around an asymmetric carbon atom, in relation to D- and L- glyceraldehyde.

  • Absolute Humidity

  • Absolute Purity Water

    Water with a specific resistance of 18.3 megohm-cm at 25° C.

  • Absolute Rating

    The diameter of the largest hard spherical particle that will pass through a filter under specified test conditions. An indication of the largest opening in the filter element. An absolute rating may be validated by a number of nondestructive tests.

  • Absorption

    Assimilation of molecules or other substances into the physical structure of a liquid or solid without chemical reaction.

  • Absorption

    The removal of a specific antigen or antibody from a sample (e.g., from serum) by adding the corresponding antibody or antigen.

  • Absorption

    The process by which medications reach the blood stream when administered other than intravenously, for example, through nasal membranes.

  • Absorption

    The transport of the products of digestion from the intestinal tract into the blood.

  • Abstraction

    The separation of the logical properties of data or function from its implementation in a computer program.

  • ACB (CDRH)

    Accreditation and Certification Branch (CDRH)

  • ACBSA

    Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability (HHS)

  • ACC

    RCHSA(Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act) Accession number (ORA AofC code)

  • Accelerated Development

    After the IND has been filed, a drug that can be used by patients who are suffering from life-threatening or seriously debilitating conditions, for which no other drug treatment exists, can qualify for accelerated development. Approval can be based on surrogate endpoints or on an FDA determination that the drug can be used safely if distribution is limited

  • Accelerated Stability Tests

    Studies in which the product is stored under stress conditions (for example, 45°C and high humidity over 3-6 months) and observed for signs of degradation; used to predict long-term storage patterns.