Chapter 19
Across
- 4. vomiting
- 5. a substance that decreases activity or excitement
- 7. vomited material
- 8. vomiting blood
- 12. the study of toxic or poisonous substances
- 13. a severe withdrawl syndrome seen in alcoholics who are deprived of ethyl alcohol; characterized by restlessness, fever, sweating, disorientation, agitation, and seizures, can be fatal
- 14. swallowing; taking a substance by mouth
- 15. a sleep inducing effect or agent
- 16. the need for increasing amount of a drug to obtain the same effect
Down
- 1. abuse the misuse of any substance to produce some desire effect
- 2. an excessive quantity of a drug which when taken or administered can have toxic or lethal consequences
- 3. agents that produce false perceptions in any one of the five senses
- 6. a substance that is used to neutralize or counteract a poison
- 9. a substance whose chemical action could damage structures or impair function when introduced into the body
- 10. a state of overwhelming obsession or physical need to continue the use or a drug or agent
- 11. any drug or agent with actions similar to morphine