Match each term to the definition listed below.
a. Absorption Cumulative
b. effect
c. Distribution
d. Metabolism
e. excretion
1. Increased effect of a drug that results from its accumulation in the body
2. Passage of a substance through a membrane into the bloodstream
3. Physical and chemical alterations the substance undergoes in the body (biotransformation)
4. Delivery of a substance from the bloodstream into tissues and fluids of body
5. Excessive use of drugs or prescriptions or many drugs given at one time
1. b. effect
2. a. Absorption Cumulative
3. d. Metabolism
4. c. Distribution
5. e. excretion
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