Medicine & Drugs
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| Substances other than food that change the structure or function of the body or mind | Drugs
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| Medicines that reduce or kill harmful bacteria in the body | Antibiotics
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| Drugs that are used to treat or prevent diseases and other conditions | Medicines
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| Specific drugs that are obtainable only by prescription and are used to relieve pain | Narcotics
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| A drug that stimulates the central nervous system. | Amphetamine
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| Substances that slow down the body’s functions and reactions. | Depressants
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| Substances that speed up the body’s functions | Stimulants
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| Physical or psychological need for a drug | Addiction
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| A condition in which a person’s body becomes used to the effect of a medicine and needs greater and greater amounts of it in order for it to be effective | Tolerance
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| Any effect of a medicine other than the one intended | Side effect
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| The physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance | Detoxification
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| The physical and psychological symptoms that occur when someone stops using an addictive substance | Withdrawal
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| Medicines that are safe enough to be taken without a written order from a physician | Over-the-counter (OTC) medicines
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| Any substance whose fumes are sniffed and inhaled to produce mind-altering sensations | Inhalant
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