Glossary

A psychophysical method in which a difference threshold is obtained in which the subject attempts to detect the difference between ...

A fermented drink made from water, honey, malt, and yeast, and usually contains spices. Probably one of the first forms ...

An amphetamine.  

Used as a substitute for barbiturates as a drug of abuse in the early 1970s. It was referred to as ...

An antihistamine removed from over-the-counter drugs in 1979. Antihistamine used in the treatment of rhinitis, dermatitis, pruritus, and other allergic ...

The chronic use of methadone, administered orally, in order to reduce the person's need for heroin or morphine and to ...

A measurement of the metric system, equal to about 39.5 in. The SI unit of length that is equal to ...

A many-celled organism of higher organization, e.g., hookworm, louse, itch mite. A term used for the multicellular animals, in contrast ...

That part of the foot between the tarsal bones and the toes. The five long bones in the foot between ...

Any one of the fine bones forming an arch across the foot near the base of the toes. One of ...