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Chapter 7, Lesson 3
Health- Vocabulary for Lesson 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alcohol | a drug, found in drinks such as beer, wine, and liquor, absorbed directly into the blood stream |
| blood alcohol level (BAL) | the amount of alcohol in a person's body |
| depressant | substance that slows the body down by decreasing the speed at which messages travel along nerve cells to and from the brain, decreasing the activity of the central nervous system |
| intoxicated | drunk |
| alcoholic | person who is dependent on alcohol and needs to drink it to feel normal |
| alcoholism | disease in which people cannot control their use of alcohol |
| cirrhosis | scar tissue in the liver that can prevent the liver from processing blood |