ecza

Ecza is a Turkish term that broadly refers to medicines and pharmaceutical products used to prevent, diagnose, treat, or relieve disease. In everyday language it denotes drugs, remedies, and other pharmaceutical preparations. In clinical and pharmaceutical contexts, ecza covers prescription medicines, over-the-counter drugs, vaccines, biologics, and other therapeutic substances prepared for medical use.

The word is widely used by doctors, pharmacists, and patients. In Turkish pharmacy practice, ecza appears in phrases such as ecza dolabı (medicine cabinet), ecza deposu (pharmacy stockroom), and ecza listesi or ecza planı (drug list or formulary). It also appears in formal terms in pharmacology, pharmaceutical supply chains, and regulatory discourse, where ecza products may be manufactured, packaged, distributed, and dispensed.

Ecza has roots in Ottoman Turkish and remains common in modern Turkish. Medicines in Turkey are regulated by the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (Türkiye İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu, TITCK), under the Ministry of Health. The ecza sector encompasses pharmaceutical manufacturing, wholesale distribution, and retail through licensed pharmacies, with attention to safety, efficacy, and pharmacovigilance.