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health ch23
drug vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart, and the other organs. | Stimulant |
| A substance that causes physiological or phychological dependence. | Addictive drug |
| The addictive drug found in tobacco leaves. | Nicotine |
| A cancer-causing substance. | Carcinogen |
| A think, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco burns. | Tar |
| A colorless, orderless, and poisonous gas. | Carbon Monoxide |
| Is tobacco that is sniffed through the nose, held in the mouth, or chewed. | Smokeless Tobacco |
| Thickened, white ,leathery-looking spots on the inside of the mouth that can develop into oral cancer. | Leukoplakia |
| The process that occurs in the body when nicotine is no longer used. | Nicotine Withdrawal |
| The smoke exhaled from the lungs of a smoker. | Mainstream smoke |
| The smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, pipe, or cigar. | Sidestream smoke |
| a product that delivers small amounts of nicotine into the user's system while he or she is trying to give up the tobacco habit. | Nicotine substitute |
| secondhand smoke, is air that has been contaminated by tobacco smoke | Environmental Tobacco smoke |
| is the chemical action or yeast on sugars | Fermentation |
| a drug that slows the central nervous system | Depressent |
| is the state in which the body is poisoned by alcohol or another substance and the person's physical and mental control is significantly reduced | Intoxication |
| is the amount of alcohol in a person's blood, expressed as a percentage | Blood Alcohol Concentration |
| drinking five or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting | Binge Drinking |
| a severe and potentially fatal physical readction to an alcohol overdose | Alcohol Poisoning |
| a group of alcohol-related birth defects that include physical and mental problems | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
| a disease in which a person has a physical or psychological dependence on drinks that contain alcohol | Alcoholism |
| any unnecessary or improper use of chemical substance for nonmedical purposes | Substance Abuse |
| the use or sale of any substance that is illegal ro otherwise not permitted | Illicit Drug Use |
| is a strong, sometimes fatal reaction to taking a large amount of a drug | Overdose |
| is a plant whose leaves, bud, and flowers are usually smoked for their intoxicating effects | Marijuana |
| an irrational suspiciousness or distrust of others | Paranoia |
| are substances whose fumes are sniffed and inhaled to achieved a mind-altering effect | Inhalants |
| a feeling of intence well-being or elation | Euphoria |
| or sedatives, are drugs that tand to slow down the central nervous systems | Depressants |
| are specific drugs that are obtainable only by prescription and are used to relieve pain | Narcotics |
| are drugs that other alter moods, thoughts, and sense perceptions including vision, hearing, and touch | Hallucinogens |
| are synthetic substance meant to imitate the effects of hallucinogens and other dangerous drugs | Designer Drugs |
| is a disease that progressively destroys the walls of the alveoli | Emphysema |
| a contition in which body temperature becomes dangerously low | Hypothermia |
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