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Chapter 15 Alcohol

vocabulary

TermDefinition
Drug a chemical substance that is taken to cause changes in a person's body or behavior
Depressant a drug that slows brain and body reactions
Intoxication state in which a person's mental and physical abilities are impaired by alcohol or another substance
Black out period of time that a drinker cannot recall
Blood Alcohol Concentration the amount of alcohol in a person's blood expressed as a percentage
Hangover term used to describe the effects of drinking too much alcohol
Driving While Intoxicated a driver over 21 caught driving with a BAC over the legal limit of 0.08
Overdose taking an excessive amount of a drug that leads to a coma or death
Binge Drinking the consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol at one sitting
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome a group of birth defects caused by the effects of alcohol on an unborn child
Cirrhosis as a result of heavy drinking liver cells die leaving scar tissue which can cause liver failure and death
Alcoholism a disease people who can no longer control their use of alcohol suffer from
Tolerance the effects of alcohol becoming reduced
Dependence a chemical need for alcohol and not being able to function without it
Addiction no longer having control over your drinking
Reverse Tolerance condition in which less and less alcohol causes intoxication
Detoxification removing all alcohol from a person's body
Withdrawal a group of symptoms that occur when a dependent person stops taking a drug
Rehabilitation process of learning to cope with everyday living without alcohol
Created by: Ktorres
 

 



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