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A condition in which alcohol is present in the urine. The presence of alcohol in the urine. The detection of alcohol in urine, known as alcoholuria, is the foundation for tests used to assess a driver’s capacity to safely operate a vehicle after consuming alcohol.  

The act of rubbing a bedridden person with alcohol to help protect against bedsores and as a tonic.  

Poisoning and disease caused by excessive drinking of alcohol. Alcohol, when consumed excessively within a brief timeframe, can give rise to a perilous state that jeopardizes one’s life. This condition exerts adverse impacts on vital bodily functions such as heart rate, respiration, and the reflexive response to choking. A life-threatening situation where consuming too much…

Cirrhosis of the liver caused by alcoholism. Liver enlargement, fatty deposits, and fibrosis due to chronic ethanol abuse. Cirrhosis resulting from chronic liver damage by alcoholism. Approx. 20% of chronic alcoholics develop cirrhosis.  

A disease of the heart muscle arising as a result of long-term heavy alcohol consumption. Heart muscle damage caused by years of heavy alcohol usage. Affected patients have enlarged (dilated) hearts and left ventricular failure. Abstinence from alcohol may halt or reverse the course of the illness in some individuals.  

Referring to an organ stained for testing which is not dis-coloured by alcohol.  

A condition in which a person is dependent on the use of alcohol.  

An intermediate product in the digestion of protein. A substance, intermediate between albumin and peptones, produced during the digestion of proteins by pepsin and other endopeptidases.  

An instrument for measuring the level of albumin in the urine.  

A layer of white tissue covering a part of the body. Whitish cover, as of the testicle (also: tunica albuginea testes) or of the eyeball.) A layer of firm white fibrous tissue forming the sheath of an organ or part, as of the eye, testicle, ovary, or spleen. A white tissue layer that encases an…