This classification is based on the way these drugs are used for the treatment of a particular condition. Inotropic, Chronotropic and Dromotropic are different types of cardiac drugs. This classification is based on the way these drugs are used for the treatment of a particular condition. Inotropic drugs affect the force of cardiac contraction. Chronotropic drugs affect the heart rate. Dromotropic drugs affect conduction velocity through the conducting tissues of the heart.
ectoparasite noun a parasite which lives on the skin or outer surface of its host but feeds by piercing the skin. Compare endoparasite
Medical Definition of ectoplasm. : the outer relatively rigid granule-free layer of the cytoplasm usually held to be a gel reversibly convertible to a solâcompare endoplasm.