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Chapter 23 Medicine and Drugs Vocab
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Analgesics:Pain relievers
Side Effects:Reactions to medicine other than the one intended
Medicines:Drugs that are used to treat and prevent disease
Vaccines:A preparation of dead or weakened pathogens that are introduced into the body to stimulate an immune response
Synergistic Effect:Interaction of two or more medicines that results in a greater effect than when the medicines are taken alone
Substance Abuse:Any unnecessary or improper use of chemical substances for non-medical purposes
Overdose:A strong, sometimes fatal reaction to taking a large amount of a drug
Addiction:A physiological or psychological dependence
Psychological Dependence:Condition in which a person believes that a drug is needed in order to feel good or to function normally
Euphoria:A feeling of intense well-being or elation
Stimulants:A drug that increases the action of central nervous system, the heart, and other organs
Depressants:Drugs that tend to slow the central nervous system
Hallucinogens:Drugs tat alter moods, thoughts, and sense perceptions including vision, hearing, smell and touch
Narcotics:Specific drugs derived from the opium plants
Designer Drugs:Synthetic substances meant to imitate the effects of hallucinogens and other dangerous drugs
Psychoactive Drugs:Chemicals that affect the central nervous system and alter brain activity
Paranoia:Irrational suspicion or distrust of others
Inhalants:Substances whose fumes are sniffed and inhaled to achieve a mind-altering effect
Chapter 23 Medicine and Drugs Vocab
Across:2. | Drugs that are used to treat and prevent disease | 3. | Reactions to medicine other than the one intended | 4. | A feeling of intense well-being or elation | 6. | Drugs that tend to slow the central nervous system | 7. | Irrational suspicion or distrust of others |
| 9. | A strong, sometimes fatal reaction to taking a large amount of a drug | 11. | Any unnecessary or improper use of chemical substances for non-medical purposes | 14. | Substances whose fumes are sniffed and inhaled to achieve a mind-altering effect | 15. | Specific drugs derived from the opium plants | 16. | Drugs tat alter moods, thoughts, and sense perceptions including vision, hearing, smell and touch |
| | Down:1. | Chemicals that affect the central nervous system and alter brain activity | 3. | Interaction of two or more medicines that results in a greater effect than when the medicines are taken alone | 5. | A physiological or psychological dependence | 8. | Synthetic substances meant to imitate the effects of hallucinogens and other dangerous drugs |
| 10. | A preparation of dead or weakened pathogens that are introduced into the body to stimulate an immune response | 12. | A drug that increases the action of central nervous system, the heart, and other organs | 13. | Pain relievers |
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Chapter 23 Medicine and Drugs Vocab
Across:2. | Drugs that are used to treat and prevent disease | 3. | Reactions to medicine other than the one intended | 4. | A feeling of intense well-being or elation | 6. | Drugs that tend to slow the central nervous system | 7. | Irrational suspicion or distrust of others |
| 9. | A strong, sometimes fatal reaction to taking a large amount of a drug | 11. | Any unnecessary or improper use of chemical substances for non-medical purposes | 14. | Substances whose fumes are sniffed and inhaled to achieve a mind-altering effect | 15. | Specific drugs derived from the opium plants | 16. | Drugs tat alter moods, thoughts, and sense perceptions including vision, hearing, smell and touch |
| | Down:1. | Chemicals that affect the central nervous system and alter brain activity | 3. | Interaction of two or more medicines that results in a greater effect than when the medicines are taken alone | 5. | A physiological or psychological dependence | 8. | Synthetic substances meant to imitate the effects of hallucinogens and other dangerous drugs |
| 10. | A preparation of dead or weakened pathogens that are introduced into the body to stimulate an immune response | 12. | A drug that increases the action of central nervous system, the heart, and other organs | 13. | Pain relievers |
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PuzzleFast.com, Noncommercial Use Only