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| medicine | s substance that, when taken into or applied to the body, helps prevent or cure some disease, injury or medical problem |
| vaccine | a preparation containing weakened or dead pathogens of a particulat disease given to prevent one from contacting that disease |
| synergistic effect | the interaction of 2 or more medicines that resuts in a greater effect that when the medicines are taken independently |
| antagonistic interaction | an interaction that occurs when the effect of a medicine is cancelled or reduced when taken with other medicine |
| additive interaction | an interactin that occurs when medicines work together in a positive way |
| tolerance | a condition in which the body becomes used to teh effects of a medicine or drug |
| withdrawl | a physical reactin that occurs when a person stops taking a drug or medicine on which he or she is physiologically dependent |
| medicine misuse | using medicine in a way that it is not intended |
| hstamine | a substance released when a cold-causing virus invades one's respiratory system |
| pharmacist | a person concerned with the preparation, distribution and sale of medicine |
| nicotine | the addictive drug in cigarettes that raises blood pressure and increasess heart rate |
| stimulant | a drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart, respiratory rates and blood pressure,and causes the pupils to dilate adn appitite to decrease |
| tar | a thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco burns |
| carcinogens | cancer-causing agents |
| carbon monoxide | a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas that can be found in cigarette smoke and automobile exhaust fumes |
| leukoplekia | thickened, white, leathery-appearing spots on teh inside f a smokeless tobacco user's mouth |
| passive smoke | cigarette, cigar or pipe smoke inhaled by nonsmokers |
| mainstream smoke | smoke that asmoker blows off |
| sidestream smoke | smoke that comes from burning tobacco |
| fatty liver | a condition in shich fats have built up in the liver, preventing normal functions of liver cells |
| cirrhosis | scarring: a condition of the liver in which scarring reduces blood flow in the liver |
| multiplier effect | the act of taking drugs or medicines with alcohol |
| alcohol-impaired drving | driving under the infludence of alcohol |
| fetal alcohol syndrome | a condition in which a fetus has been adversely effected by it's hother's heavy alcohol use during pregnance |
| blood alcohol concentration | the amount of alcohol in a person's blood expressed a precentage |
| alcoholism | addiction to alcohol; a physical and psychological dependence on alcohol |
| physiologycal dependence | a chemical need of teh body for a long time |
| addiction | a physiological or phychological dependence ona substance or activity |
| psychoactive drugs | drugs that affect the central nervous system and alster normal functioning of the brain |
| amphetamines | stimulants that speed up the heart and breeathing and cause anziety, sleeplessness and loss fo appetite |
| depressants | sedatives, drugs that tend to slow down the central nervous system |
| marijuana | a hemp plant that is smoked, eaten or drunk for intoxicating effects |
| hashis | dark brown resin collected from teh tops of the camabis plant |
| inhalants | substances with fumes that are sniffed and inhaled to give a hallucinogentic high |
| designer drugs | drugs made with synthetic substances by street chemists |
| look-a-like drugs | drugs made from legal substances to look like illegal drugs |
| anabolic steriods | synthetic derivative of testosterone |
