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Alcoholism — so dim a pain (anag)
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dipsomania
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Dipsomania is a historical term describing a medical condition involving an uncontrollable craving for alcohol . In the 19th century, dipsomania was a variety of alcohol-related problems, most of which are known today as alcoholism . Dipsomania is occasionally ...
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n. (context disease English) addiction to alcohol.
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n. an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess [syn: alcoholism , potomania ]
Usage examples of dipsomania.
What compensation dipsomania gave him I know not, but that he did get some kind of wild joy I am quite sure.
She had lost a brother who was very dear to her, and her home life was made distressing by the dipsomania of her mother.