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cannabis intoxication

in DSM–IV–TR and DSM–5, a reversible syndrome that occurs during or shortly after the ingestion or smoking of cannabis. It consists of clinically significant behavioral or psychological changes (e.g., enhanced sense of well-being, intensification of perceptions, a sense of slowed time), as well as one or more signs of physiological involvement (e.g., increased pulse rate, conjunctivitis, dry mouth and throat). See also substance intoxication.

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illumination unit

illumination unit

formerly, the amount of light produced by one foot-candle: now replaced by the lux.