Health - Alcohol Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. a severe and potentially fatal physical reaction to an alcohol overdose
  2. 4. the amount of alcohol in a person’s blood expressed as a percentage
  3. 5. the state in which the body is poisoned by alcohol or another substance and the persons physical and mental control is significantly
  4. 7. an addict who is dependent on alcohol
  5. 9. living without alcohol
  6. 10. Driving while intoxicated
  7. 13. a process in which the body adjusts to functioning without alcohol
  8. 15. legal drinking age
  9. 17. a drug that slows the central nervous system
  10. 19. the chemical action of yeast on sugars
Down
  1. 1. a group of alcohol-related birth defects that incles physical and mental problems
  2. 2. a disease in which a person has a physical or psychological dependence on drinks that contain alcohol
  3. 6. the excessive use of alcohol
  4. 8. a process in which the body adjusts to functioning without alcohol
  5. 11. drinking five or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting
  6. 12. the process by which the body breaks down substances
  7. 14. the type of alcohol in alcoholic beverages
  8. 16. scarring of the liver
  9. 18. the process of learning to live an alcohol-free life