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Concept information

Preferred term

drugs

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information Any chemical compounds, including nutrients, that are used in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or cure of disease, for the relief of pain, or to control or improve any physiological or pathological disorder in humans or animals.

Synonyms

  • medicines (drugs)
  • pharmaceutical compounds
  • pharmaceutical products
  • pharmaceuticals

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/286

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