In DSN III-R this is termed alcohol abuse or, if tolerance or withdrawal is present, alcohol dependence. They are usually very bitter and many are pharmacologically active.
Examples are atropine, caffeine, coniine, morphine, nicotine, quinine, strychnine.
Cf. acidosis . Gell and Coombs used the term 'allergic reaction' to mean any harmful immunologic reaction causing tissue injury. Called also odontobothritis . The amines are distinguished as primary, secondary, and tertiary, according to whether one, two, or three hydrogen atoms are replaced. The amines include allylamine, amylamine, ethylamine, methylamine, phenylamine, propylamine, and many other compounds.