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principle /prin·ci·ple/ (prin´sip'l)

1. a chemical component.

2. a substance on which certain of the properties of a drug depend.

3. a law of conduct.

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principle of infinitesimal dose  a fundamental principle of homeopathy: the more a remedy is diluted (even to the point that none of the medicinal substance is likely to be present), the more powerful and longer lasting will be its effect.

yin/yang principle  in Chinese philosophy, the concept of polar complements existing in dynamic equilibrium and always present simultaneously. In traditional Chinese medicine, a disturbance of the proper balance of yin and yang causes disease, and the goal is to maintain or to restore this balance.

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prin·ci·ple (prns-pl)

n.

1. A basic truth, law, or assumption.

2. A rule or law concerning the functioning of natural phenomena or mechanical processes.

3. One of the elements composing a chemical compound, especially one that gives some special quality or effect.

4. The essential ingredient in a drug.

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principle

[prin′sipəl]

Etymology: L, principium, foundation

1 a general truth or established rule of action.

2 a prime source or element from which anything proceeds.

3 a law on which others are founded or from which others are derived.

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principle [prin´sĭ-p'l]

1. a chemical component.

2. a substance on which certain of the properties of a drug depend.

3. an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct; in a given philosophical system it is a fundamental or general law or truth from which others are derived. In bioethics some important principles are beneficence, justice, nonmaleficence, and respect for autonomy; these are derived in part from professional roles and traditions.

active principle any constituent of a drug that helps to confer upon it a medicinal property.

Bobath p's a type of neurophysiological rehabilitation; see bobath method.

Bohr's principle of complementarity reflexes do not independently account for the complex nature of infant behavior.

negentropic principle a principle of general systems theory stating that open systems have mechanisms that slow down or arrest the process of movement toward less efficiency and growth. Negentropy (negative entropy) is the tendency toward order and organization.

pleasure principle (pleasure-pain principle) in psychoanalytic theory, an inborn tendency to avoid pain and seek pleasure through the immediate reduction of tension by either direct or fantasied gratification.

reality principle in psychoanalytic theory, the ego functions that modify the demands of the pleasure principle to meet the demands and requirements of the external world.

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principle

1. a chemical component.

2. a substance on which certain of the properties of a drug depend.

3. a law of conduct.

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active principle

any constituent of a drug that helps to confer upon it a medicinal property.

reasonable person principle

the basis for many decisions in cases alleging negligence. The court bases its judgment on what it considers a reasonable person, a reasonable veterinarian in our context, would have done in the circumstances. This is the evidence that most expert witnesses are asked to give, evidence about what should be expected of a member of their profession in terms of quality of performance. Called also principle of the reasonable person.

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principle

Vox populi A guiding rule or maxim. See Bateman's principle, Bolam principle, Ceiling principle, Dale's principle, Eggshell skull principle, Fortner principle, Handicap principle, Heuristic principle, Homeopathic principle, KISS principle, Mendelian principle, Pleasure principle, Polluter pays principle, PRICE principle, Reality principle.