ACE
Abbreviation Basic Pharmacology
Angiotensin-converting enzyme; ACE inhibitors treat high blood pressure and heart failure. In psychology, ACE also means adverse childhood experience.
Related terms
- blood pressureThe force of blood against the artery walls, written as systolic over diastolic in mm Hg.
- heart failureA condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs.
- acBefore meals.
- ARBAngiotensin II receptor blocker, a class of blood pressure drugs.
- BIDTwice a day.
- ECEnteric-coated: a tablet coating that delays dissolving. Never crush an enteric-coated tablet.
- ER, XRExtended release: a form that releases the drug slowly over time. Never crush an extended-release tablet.
- gttDrops, a unit for liquid medications such as eye drops.
- IVPIntravenous push (a drug injected directly into a vein); in imaging, an intravenous pyelogram of the urinary…
- LLiter, a metric unit of volume. Write a capital L; a lowercase l can be misread as the number 1.
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