Alcohol dependence
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any of a class of compounds, analogous to hydrates, containing chemically combined , as chloral alcoholate, C 4 Cl 3 H 7 O 2 . . Historical Examples The first, by which liqueurs of the highest class are prepared, is the “distillation” or “alcoholate” process. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6 Various The […]
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of, relating to, or of the nature of . containing or using . caused by . suffering from . preserved in . Pathology. a person suffering from . a person addicted to intoxicating drinks. Contemporary Examples Or that Dunn and a friend called the boy “an alcoholic” after they made him down the beer? Lights, […]
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any of a group of major mental disorders, as delirium tremens, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, and hallucinosis, associated with organic brain injury due to alcohol. alcoholic psychosis n. Any of various psychoses that result from alcoholism and involve organic brain damage.