What Is the Best Way to Handle Unfamiliar Words as You

question 15

Multiple Choice

What is the best way to handle unfamiliar words as you encounter them in your reading?

• A) Write a list as you read so you can look up all of them at once.
• B) Underline them in your book so you can ask the instructor at the next class session.
• C) Guess their meaning from the words and sentences around them.
• D) Look them up as soon as you come across them.

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Definitions:

United States Pharmacopeia

A compendium of drug standards that ensures the quality, purity, strength, and consistency of medications in the United States.

Drug Standards

Official specifications concerning the quality, strength, purity, and identity of medications, enforced to ensure their safety and efficacy.

National Formulary

A list of medicines and drugs that are approved for use, often by a government or professional body.

Antihypertensive

A medication or other therapy that lowers high blood pressure, also called hypertension.