Term: drug of abuse: a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: capitate: the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: false foxglove: sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: junk: any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: greek valerian: erect or spreading perennial of the eastern United States
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: union: the act of making or becoming a single unit
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: bata: a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: genus nostoc: type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: charity: a kindly and lenient attitude toward people
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: mean time: (astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)
Broader: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence | Unrelated: digoxin: digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia; helps the heart beat more forcefully