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Look up: dipsomania

  1. Dipsomania
    Dipsomania is a form of alcoholism in which the subject exhibits periods of uncontrolled drinking alternating with periods of relative sobriety.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. dipsomania
    [n] - an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Dipsomania
    The true meaning is an excessive or unnatural desire to consume (drink) any type of fluid, but will usually mean Alcoholism
    Found on http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/Arc

  4. dipsomania
    an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic drink. Category: Medicine
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Dipsomania
    Dip`so·ma'ni·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... thirst + ... mania.] (Medicine) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/71

  6. dipsomania
    <psychiatry> A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, especially. For alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Thirst + mania. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. dipsomania
    alcoholism 1 potomania noun an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Dipsomania
    `Dipsomania` is the official medical term related to an uncontrollable craving for alcohol. It means `compulsive thirst` but the term when used, is reserved primarily related to the consumption of alcohol. As a result, a `dipsomaniac` is a person in which this condition appears, in the form of a physical and psychological craving for ethyl alcohol, especially liquor. However, the obsession is so compulsive that the dipsomanic will ingest whatever...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipsomania

  9. Dipsomania
    • (n.) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. dipsomania
    dipsomania 1. The pathological excessive use of of alcohol. 2. Periodic drinking bouts. 3. A morbid and insatiable craving for alcohol. Also applied to persistent drunkenness; alcoholism.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  11. dipsomania
    A recurring compulsion to drink alcoholic beverages to excess. See: alcoholism [G. dipsa, thirst, + mania, madness]
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