drug · chemical
Ask Prometheusa substance that when taken causes a change in a body's condition
Drug (noun) means: a substance that when taken causes a change in a body's condition. It emerges from substance, change, body, cause: when a substance is taken and causes a change in a body's condition, the drug emerges. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 13, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- Aspirin taken during a fever reduces inflammation and body temperature in humans. biology
- The Apollo 13 crew used lithium hydroxide canisters to remove CO₂ and prevent toxic buildup. engineering
- Methadone clinics in Vancouver dispense doses daily to stabilize opioid-dependent patients. institutions
Emergence
through: when a substance is taken and causes a change in a body's condition, the drug emerges
- bodily effect
- causal agency
- altered state
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (201 steps)
- drugL13
- substanceL12
- changeL1
- bodyL10
- causeL3
- changeL1
- interactionL2
- happenL2
- conditionL3
- takeL6
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Used by (1)
Relations
| is-a | substance.material | is-a |
| enables | state.condition | enables |