When i use a word....Devising bioscience definitions

Lexicographers' jobs include crafting definitions of words, a task that is not as easy as many think it is. To do this, one can call on four methods, alone or more often in combination, based on etymology, usages, previous definitions, and the Ramsay-Lewis method, in which a term or group of terms appearing in a theory can be defined implicitly by the assertions of the theory itself. Terms that I have defined using some or all of these methods include adherence to medications; adverse drug reactions and related terms; artificial intelligence; bias; biomarkers; complex systematic reviews; drug shortages; medical devices; medication errors; me-too pharmaceutical products; nutraceuticals; pharmacological mechanisms; the Precautionary Principle; rapid reviews; research and translational research; rewardable innovation and innovativeness in drug therapy; signals in pharmacovigilance; surveillance of the effects of drug therapy; unlicensed and off-label uses of medicines. Some of these definitions have been adopted internationally.