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Dipsomania

Dipsomania Meaning & Definition
Dipsomania Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dipsomania?

[n] an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dipsomania: alcoholism | potomania

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dipsomania: a habit | abulia | acquired tolerance | acute alcoholism | addictedness | addiction | alcoholic addiction | alcoholic psychosis | alcoholism | amphetamine withdrawal symptoms | arteriosclerotic psychosis | barbiturate addiction | barbiturism | bottle nose | certifiability | chain smoking | chronic alcoholism | cocainism | crash | craving | delirium tremens | dementia paralytica | dependence | drug addiction | drug culture | drug dependence | ebriosity | folie du doute | functional psychosis | general paralysis | general paresis | grog blossom | habitual drunkenness | habituation | heavy drinking | metabolic psychosis | moral insanity | neurosis | nicotine addiction | oenomania | oinomania | organic psychosis | paralytic dementia | pathological drunkenness | physical dependence | presenile dementia | prison psychosis | problem drinking | psychological dependence | psychopathia | psychopathia sexualis | psychopathic condition | psychopathic personality | psychopathy | psychosis | senile dementia | senile psychosis | senility | sexual pathology | situational psychosis | syphilitic paresis | tolerance | toxic psychosis | withdrawal sickness | withdrawal symptoms

See Also | cacoethes | mania | passion

Dipsomania In Webster's Dictionary

\Dip`so*ma"ni*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? thirst + ? mania.] (Med.) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.

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