Medicine & Drugs
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
p
h
a
m
i
A health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
2.
p
r
e
i
p
t
A drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
3.
a
e
s
c
A medicine used to relieve pain
4.
e
p
h
y
An abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function
5.
n
c
o
i
An alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco
6.
s
m
a
t
A drug that temporarily quickens some vital process
7.
d
r
e
a
n
A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
8.
p
s
c
h
o
e
Affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes
9.
i
t
i
c
t
o
The physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance
10.
a
c
o
l
m
An intense persistent desire to drink ___ beverages to excess
11.
a
e
t
a
n
A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite
13.
b
r
b
i
u
s
Organic compound having powerful soporific effect (plural)
14.
s
e
d
t
i
-
p
n
t
A ___ that depresses activity of the central nervous system and reduces anxiety and induces
15.
t
a
n
i
l
i
A drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity (plural)
16.
h
a
l
c
i
n
A psychoactive drug that induces ___ or altered sensory experiences
18.
m
a
r
n
The most commonly used illicit drug
19.
d
e
n
d
r
u
A psychoactive ___ deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-___ laws
20.
i
n
a
t
Something that is ___
21.
a
a
i
s
t
r
d
Any of a group of synthetic ___ hormones used to stimulate muscle and bone growth
22.
d
u
To use recreational ___
23.
m
e
c
i
The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a ___ school and that is
24.
a
d
t
o
Being unable to stop using something harmful