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Alcoholism   Listen
noun
alcoholism  n.  
1.
(Med.) Chronic excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages that leads to social, occupational, psychological and physiological problems.
2.
(Med.) Psychological and physiological dependence on alcohol; sudden cessation of drinking may lead to withdrawal symptoms.





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"Alcoholism" Quotes from Famous Books



... the last power and a half is due to Tickler itself. Gussy, the tickler's already eliminated absenteeism, alcoholism and aboulia in numerous urban areas—and that's just one letter of the alphabet! If Tickler doesn't turn us into a nation of photo-memory constant-creative-flow geniuses in six months, I'll come ...
— The Creature from Cleveland Depths • Fritz Reuter Leiber
... his glass noisily while his eyes remained upon the pretty buckskin-clad figure that so lewdly attracted him. There was nothing pleasant in the smile. And the glazing of his eyes was that of excessive alcoholism, and primitive, animal passion. He was unobserved, and he knew there was no need to disguise ...
— The Heart of Unaga • Ridgwell Cullum
... of any blow would be intensified by a weak state of health. I don't wish to rake up anything against the poor fellow's memory, or to say any word that may cause you pain, Mr Westray, as his friend; but an examination of the body revealed traces of chronic alcoholism. We must recollect that." ...
— The Nebuly Coat • John Meade Falkner


Words linked to "Alcoholism" :   dipsomania, white plague, cacoethes, passion, mania, drunkenness, alcohol addiction, potomania


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