#pharmacy terminology
- Pyrogen-free — Apyrogenous or pyrogen-free; not producing fever, describing a substance, infusible solution, or sterile medical preparation that is completely free of pyrogens (bacterial or chemical agents capable of inducing a febrile reaction in human or animal bodies upon injection). It is a mandatory trait for all fluids administered intravenously.
- Bacillicide — Destroying bacilli or having the property of sterilizing microbial foci by killing rod-shaped bacteria; a chemical substance, antiseptic, or disinfectant specifically designed to destroy the vegetative cellular structures and endospores of certain pathogenic bacterial genera, ensuring the asepsis of medical surfaces or living tissues.