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| Passage of alcohol across the wall of the stomach and small intestine into the bloodstream. |
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| A compound capable of donating a hydrogen ion(H+) to another compound. |
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| Small sacs in the lungs through whose walls air and other gases are exchanged between the breath and the blood. |
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| A substance that prevents coagulation of clotting of blood. |
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| A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart. |
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| A compound capable of accepting a hydrogen ion(H+). |
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| A tiny blood vessel that receives blood from arteries and carries it to veins, and across whose walls exchange of materials between the blood and the tissues takes place. |
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| A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction but is not itself permanently changed by the reaction. |
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| Elimination of alcohol from the body in an unchanged state; alcohol is normally excreted in breath and urine. |
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| A detector in which a chemical reaction involving alcohol produces electricity. |
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| The transformation of a chemical in the body to other chemicals to facilitate its elimination from the body. |
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| The combination of oxygen with other substances to produce new products. |
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| A scale used to express the basicity or acidity of a substance. A pH of 7 is neutral; lower values are acidic and higher values are basic. |
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| A substance that stops the growth of microorganisms in blood. |
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| An individual whose job is to detect and identify drugs and poisons in body fluids, tissues, and organs. |
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| A blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart. |
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