The halogens all form binary compounds with hydrogen, and these compounds are known as the hydrogen halides: hydrogen fluoride (HF), hydrogen chloride (HCl), hydrogen bromide (HBr), hydrogen iodide (HI), and hydrogen astatide (HAt).
finger stick. 1  the act of puncturing the tip of the finger to obtain a small sample of capillary blood. In some procedures the hand may be first immersed in warm water for 10 minutes to arterialize the capillary blood or give it characteristics similar to those of arterial blood.
Generic term describing marijuana cigarettes, marijuana-laced cigars, tobacco cigarettes, or tobacco cigars soaked in embalming fluid laced with PCP. Also called wack, amp, water-water, formaldehyde, wetdaddy, and drank. Fry sticks: treated joints. Fry sweets: treated Swishers, Candy Blunt Fry; Marijuana blunt cigar laced with or dipped into codeine cough syrup. Illy: Marijuana cigarettes or joints soaked in embalming fluid laced with PCP. These slang terms are associated with the Connecticut epidemic where use peaked between 1993-1994.