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Look up: dipsomania

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

  2. 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.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. dipsomania
    alcoholism 1 potomania noun an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Dipsomania
    Dipsomania is a term for alcoholism. The term was introduced in the 19th century to denote an insane craving for intoxicating liquors, when occurring in a confirmed or habitual form. In Britain, the treatment of alcoholics was based around enforced abstinence, and 'homes' for this purpose were first...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. dipsomania
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dip′sō-mā′nē-ă Definitions: 1. A recurring compulsion to drink alcoholic beverages to excess. See: alcoholism
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  11. Dipsomania
    `Dipsomania` is a historical term describing a medical condition involving an uncontrollable craving for alcohol. It was used in the 19th century to describe a variety of alcohol-related problems, most of which are most commonly conceptualized today as alcoholism, but it is occasionally still used t...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipsomania



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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