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Virty [35]
3 years ago
13

Alcohol is considered a ________ because it tends to suppress central nervous system activity.

Biology
1 answer:
Oduvanchick [21]3 years ago
6 0
As far as I remember, alcohol is considered as a depressant because it tends to suppress central nervous system activity. Depressant is a drug which reduces CNS activity because of ethanol.
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