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21 Vocab
toxicology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Addiction | overwhelming obsession or physical need to continue the use of a substance |
| Antidote | substance used to neutralize or counteract a poison |
| Delirium Tremens (DT) | severe withdrawal syndrome seen in alcoholics who are deprived of ethyl alcohol s/s -restlessness -fever -sweating -disorientation -agitation -seizures |
| Emesis | vomiting |
| Hallucinogen | agent that produces false perceptions in any of five senses |
| Hematemesis | vomiting blood |
| Hypnotic | a sleep inducing effect or agent |
| ingestion | swallowing or taking substance by mouth |
| material safe data sheet (MSDA) | a form provided by manufacturers and compounders or chemicals containing info about chemical compositions, physical and chemical properties, health and safety hazards, emergency response and waste disposal -AKA safety data sheets (SDS) |
| narcotic | drug that produces sleep or altered mental consciousness |
| opiate | substance in opioid family -natural non synthetic opioids |
| opioid | synthetically produced narcotic medication, drug, or agent similar to opiate morphine but not derived from opium -used to relieve pain |
| overdose | excessive quantity of a drug that when taken or administered can have toxic or lethal consequences |
| poison | substance whose chemical action could damage structures or impaired function when introduced to the body |
| sedative | substance that decreases activity and excitement |
| stimulant | agent that produces and excited state |
| substance abuse | misuse od any substance to produce desired effect |
| tolerance | need for increasing amounts of drug to obtain the same effect |
| toxicology | the study of toxic or poisonous substances |
| toxin | poison or harmful substance produced by bacteria, animals, or plants |