Glossary

A theoretical risk for getting cancer if exposed to a substance every day for 70 years (a lifetime exposure). The true risk may be lower.

Computer Assisted New Drug Application

A gene, located in a chromosome region suspected of being involved in a disease, whose protein product suggests that it could be the disease gene in question.

Corrective Action Plan

Color Additive Petition

College of American Pathologists

Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Cellulose Acetate Phthalate

Cellulose Acetate Propionate

Corrective Action and Preventive Action

A quality system defined by 21CFR 820.100; the policies, procedures, and support systems that enable a firm to assure that exceptions are followed up with appropriate actions to correct the situation, and with continuous improvement tasks to prevent recurrence and eliminate the cause of potential nonconforming product and other quality problems.

(ICH Q10) Ability of a process to realize a product that will fulfil the requirements of that product. The concept of process capability can also be defined in statistical terms. (ISO 9000:2005)

Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

Gel-filled silica capillaries used to separate fragments for DNA sequencing. The small diameter of the capillaries permit the application of higher electric fields, providing high speed, high throughput separations that are significantly faster than traditional slab gels.

Computer Assisted Product License Application

Computer-Assisted Product License Application Review

Canadian Association of Professional Regulatory Affairs

The protein coat of a virus. The capsid often determines the shape of the virus.

Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology

An organic compound based on the general formula Cx (H2O)y, performing many vital roles in living organisms. The simplest carbohydrates are the sugars (saccharides), including glucose and sucrose. Polysaccharides are carbohydrates of much greater molecular weight and complexity; examples are starch, which serves as energy store in plant seeds and tubers; cellulose and lignin that form the cell walls and woody tissue of plants of plants; glycogen, etc.

A vessel loaded with activated carbon and used to remove organics, chlorine, tastes, and odors from liquids, operating on the principle of adsorption.

The total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).

A measurement of surface organic material. Carbon thickness values typically range from 5 to 20 angstroms (Å). Significantly contaminated surfaces can show surface carbon thickness of 20 angstroms (Å) or more.

That hardness in water caused by bicarbonates and carbonates of calcium and magnesium. If alkalinity exceeds total hardness, all hardness is carbonate hardness; if hardness exceeds alkalinity, the carbonate hardness equals the alkalinity.