Alcohol Vocabulary
Across
- 2. What is a measurement of alcohol intoxication used for legal or medical purposes?
- 9. What is chronic disease characterized by uncontrolled drinking?
- 13. What is the disorder that can occur in a person whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy?
- 14. What is someone considered if they drink over the recommended amount of alcohol per day or per week?
- 15. What is it called when someone drinks too much over time and can cause chronic physical and mental health issues?
Down
- 1. What can include mental confusion, difficulty remaining conscious, vomiting, seizure, trouble breathing, slow heart rate, clammy skin, dulled responses, and low body temperature?
- 3. What is the pattern of drinking that raises a person's blood alcohol concentration?
- 4. What is the biological process which converts sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose, into cellular energy?
- 5. What is the condition of having physical or mental control diminished by the effects of alcohol?
- 6. What is the condition of not having any measurable levels or effects from alcohol or drugs?
- 7. What is the physiological or medicinal removal of toxic substances from a living organism?
- 8. What is a drug that lowers neurotransmission levels?
- 10. What is the life-sustaining chemical reaction in organisms that convert food to energy?
- 11. What chemical is used to make alcoholic beverages, like wine, beer and liquor?
- 12. What is it called when someone is in remission from alcoholism?