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Medication and Poison

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Difference between Medication and Poison

Medication vs. Poison

A medication (also referred to as medicine, pharmaceutical drug, or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. In biology, poisons are substances that cause disturbances in organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when an organism absorbs a sufficient quantity.

Similarities between Medication and Poison

Medication and Poison have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Alkali, Antibiotic, Gastrointestinal tract, Medicine, Pain, Vomiting.

Alkali

In chemistry, an alkali (from Arabic: al-qaly “ashes of the saltwort”) is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal chemical element.

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Antibiotic

An antibiotic (from ancient Greek αντιβιοτικά, antibiotiká), also called an antibacterial, is a type of antimicrobial drug used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections.

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Gastrointestinal tract

The gastrointestinal tract (digestive tract, digestional tract, GI tract, GIT, gut, or alimentary canal) is an organ system within humans and other animals which takes in food, digests it to extract and absorb energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste as feces.

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Medicine

Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

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Pain

Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli.

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Vomiting

Vomiting, also known as emesis, puking, barfing, throwing up, among other terms, is the involuntary, forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose.

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Medication and Poison Comparison

Medication has 369 relations, while Poison has 246. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 0.98% = 6 / (369 + 246).

References

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