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Glossary of alcohol (drug) terms

Glossary of alcohol (drug) terms is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Glossary of alcohol (drug) terms rather than just read about it. In short: This page is a list of terms related to the psychoactive drug alcohol. 0-9 0-0-1-3 A Acamprosate Acamprosate, sold under the brand name Campral, is a medication which reduces alcoholism cravings. Administrative License Suspension License suspension or revocation traditionally follows conviction for alcohol-impaired or drunk driving.

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Reference excerpt

This page is a list of terms related to the psychoactive drug alcohol.

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Acamprosate Acamprosate, sold under the brand name Campral, is a medication which reduces alcoholism cravings.

Administrative License Suspension License suspension or revocation traditionally follows conviction for alcohol-impaired or drunk driving.

Adult Children of Alcoholics Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA or ACOA) founded circa 1978 is a fellowship of people who desire to recover from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family.

Al-Anon/Alateen Al-Anon Family Groups, founded in 1951, is an international mutual aid organization for people who have been impacted by another person's alcoholism.

Alcohol Alcohol (from the Arabic word al-kuḥl, الكحل), sometimes referred to by the chemical name ethanol, is one of the most widely used and abused psychoactive drugs in the world. It is a central nervous system (CNS) depressant, decreasing electrical activity of neurons in the brain. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies alcohol as a toxic, psychoactive, dependence-producing, and carcinogenic substance.

Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 The Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament, which introduces a statutory minimum price for alcohol, initially 50p per unit, as an element in the programme to counter alcohol problems.

Alcohol abuse Alcohol abuse encompasses a spectrum of alcohol-related substance abuse, ranging from the consumption of more than 2 drinks per day on average for men, or more than 1 drink per day on average for women, to binge drinking or alcohol use disorder.

Alcohol advertising

Alcohol advertising on college campuses

Alcohol and Native Americans

Alcohol and breast cancer

Alcohol and cancer

Alcohol and cortisol

Alcohol and pregnancy

Alcohol and sex

Alcohol and spaceflight

Alcohol and weight

Alcohol congener analysis

Alcohol consumption by youth in the United States

Alcohol consumption recommendations

Alcohol detoxification Alcohol detoxification (also known as detox) is the abrupt cessation of alcohol intake in individuals that have alcohol use disorder. This process is often coupled with substitution of drugs that have effects similar to the effects of alcohol in order to lessen the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. When withdrawal does occur, it results in symptoms of varying severity.

Alcohol education

Alcohol enema

Alcohol exclusion laws

Alcohol flush reaction

Alcohol in association football

Alcohol in the Bible

Alcohol inhalation

Alcohol intolerance

Alcohol intoxication Alcohol intoxication, also known in overdose as alcohol poisoning, commonly described as drunkenness or inebriation, is the behavior and physical effects caused by a recent consumption of alcohol.

Alcohol law

Alcohol monopoly

Alcohol myopia Alcohol myopia is a cognitive-physiological theory on alcohol use disorder in which many of alcohol's social and stress-reducing effects, which may underlie its addictive capacity, are explained as a consequence of alcohol's narrowing of perceptual and cognitive functioning.

Alcohol packaging warning messages Alcohol packaging warning messages (alcohol warning labels, AWLs) are warning messages that appear on the packaging of alcoholic drinks concerning their health effects.

Alcohol powder

Alcohol prohibition

Alcohol server training

Alcohol tax

Alcohol tolerance

Alcohol use among college students

Alcohol use and sleep

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome

Alcohol-free zone

Alcohol-induced respiratory reactions

Alcohol-related brain damage

Alcohol-related crime

Alcohol-related dementia

Alcohol-related traffic crashes in the United States

Alcoholic beverage

Alcoholic beverage control state

Alcoholic cardiomyopathy

Alcoholic hallucinosis

Alcoholic hepatitis

Alcoholic ketoacidosis

Alcoholic liver disease

Alcoholic lung disease

Alcoholic polyneuropathy

Alcoholic spirits measure

Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholism Alcoholism is the continued drinking of alcohol despite it causing problems. Some definitions require evidence of dependence and withdrawal.

Alcoholism in adolescence

Alcoholism in family systems

Alcoholism in rural Australia

Andrew Johnson alcoholism debate

Austrian syndrome Austrian syndrome, also known as Osler's triad, is a medical condition that was named after Robert Austrian in 1957. The presentation of the condition consists of pneumonia, endocarditis, and meningitis, all caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. It is associated with alcoholism due to hyposplenism (reduced splenic functioning) and can be seen in males between the ages of 40 and 60 years old.

Auto-brewery syndrome

Ban on caffeinated alcoholic drinks in the United States

Bathtub gin

Beer Street and Gin Lane

Beer bong

Beer chemistry The chemical compounds in beer give it a distinctive taste, smell and appearance.

Beer goggles The term "beer goggles" is the phenomenon that people find other people more attractive after having consumed alcohol. The term is especially used for people who, when sober, will otherwise not be found as relatively attractive or attractive at all.

Beer mile A beer mile is a 1-mile (1.6 km) drinking race combining running and speed drinking. Typically, the race takes place on a standard 400-metre or 1/4-mile running track.

Binge drinking The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) defines binge drinking as a pattern of alcohol consumption that brings a person's blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.08 percent or above.

This typically occurs when men consume five or more US standard drinks, or women consume four or more drinks, within about two hours. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) defines binge drinking slightly differently, focusing on the number of drinks consumed on a single occasion. According to SAMHSA, binge drinking is consuming five or more drinks for men, or four or more drinks for women, on the same occasion on at least one day in the past month.

Blackout

Blackout Wednesday Blackout Wednesday (also known as Drinksgiving) refers to binge drinking on the night before the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States.

Blood alcohol content Blood alcohol content (BAC), also called blood alcohol concentration or blood alcohol level, is a measurement of alcohol intoxication used for legal or medical purposes.

Breathalyzer

Brief intervention

Caffeinated alcoholic drink

Calcium carbimide

Chlordiazepoxide

Christian views on alcohol

Coca wine Coca wine is an alcoholic beverage combining wine with cocaine.

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Glossary of alcohol (drug) terms ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Glossary of alcohol (drug) terms

In research: Glossary of alcohol (drug) terms appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Glossary of alcohol (drug) terms in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Glossary of alcohol (drug) terms is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Alcohol-related lists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Glossary of alcohol (drug) terms outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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This page is a list of terms related to the psychoactive drug alcohol. 0-9 0-0-1-3 A Acamprosate Acamprosate, sold under the brand name Campral, is a medication which reduces alcoholism cravings. Administrative License Suspension License suspension or revocation traditionally follows conviction for…

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