Category: S

Pertaining to the relationship and interaction of one person with others, with one group with other groups. Referring to society or to groups of people.  

Behavior that excludes the use of intoxicating drugs, esp. alcohol. The state of being free from addiction to a drug or substance. In a person who has been drug or alcohol dependent, sobriety is also known as recovery. The two terms are used to describe a person who has changed his or her lifestyle and…

The placing of snuff between the gum and the cheek where absorption of the nicotine occurs through the mucous membranes.  

Obscured vision caused by sunlight reflected from snow. Temporary painful blindness caused by bright sunlight shining on snow. Temporary and painful disorder of the cornea of the eye, caused by excessive exposure to ultraviolet light reflected from snow. A painful disorder of the cornea of the eye due to excessive exposure to ultraviolet light reflected…

A method of taking drugs in which a fine powder preparation containing the drug is sniffed into the nose, allowing the drug to be absorbed through the mucous membranes lining the nasal cavity.  

A tube housing an air intake and exhaust pipe that can be used for breathing under water when one end is projected above the water surface.  

A visual acuity test using graduated sizes of the letters of the alphabet for a visual distance of 20 ft. STYCAR; illiterate E.  

Smoking causes or contributes to the development of many diseases including lung cancer and several other forms of cancer, emphysema, stroke, coronary heart disease, and chronic bronchitis.  

The act of stopping smoking behavior. A process of ending dependence on nicotine, the addictive drug in tobacco products. Since nicotine is highly addictive, withdrawal from it is often unpleasant, causing an intense craving for cigarettes (or other tobacco products), difficulty concentrating, irritability, hunger, constipation, and trouble sleeping. Because tobacco use is the single greatest…

Inhaling the smoke from tobacco. Also, inhaling the smoke from marijuana and opium. The action of smoking a cigarette, pipe or cigar. Inhalation of the fumes of burning tobacco leaves. Long thought soothing and fashionable, smoking has in recent decades been increasingly recognized as a major health hazard. Were it not that tobacco smoking has…