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Drugs that contain the crystalline compound, sulfanilamide. A synthetic drug that inhibits or prevents the production of intestinal bacteria. Antibiotics used to treat bacterial and some fungal infections. Sulfa drugs are medically known as sulfonamides. Sulfa drugs work by interfering with the metabolism of bacteria and fungi, thereby killing them. Sulfa drugs were considered “wonder…

Suicide watch.  

Communities in which suicide rates are significantly higher than the national average. An epidemic of suicides, within either a defined location or a brief period of time.  

A technique used to assess the seriousness of suicide intent. The scale attempts to objectively assess the circumstances related to the attempt.  

Said foods cannot contain sucrose, but may have such sweeteners as honey, corn syrup, fructose, sorbitol, or mannitol.  

A misnomer since there is no evidence that sugar intake results in addictive physiological changes in the body. The term is usually applied to persons who consume large quantities of refined sugar products beyond the amount needed by the body as a ready source of energy.  

A lack of oxygen getting into the lungs. May be caused by a  blockage of the windpipe, pressure on the chest, or insufficient supply of oxygen in the air being breathed asphyxiation. The act of making someone become unconscious by cutting off his or her supply of air. Severe oxygen deprivation that leads to a…

To impede respiration. To make someone stop breathing by cutting off the supply of air to his or her nose and mouth. To impair respiration; to smother, asphyxiate.  

Secreting sweat. Producing sweat.  

Also called crib death. The sudden death of a baby under the age of about twelve months in bed, without any identifiable cause. The sudden death from an unknown cause of an apparently healthy infant. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is defined as the sudden death of an infant under 1 year of age that…