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abstinence syndrome

n. (context medical English) The physical symptoms of an addict when he is withdrawing; withdrawal.“abstinence syndrome” in Philip Babcock Gove (editor), ''Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged'', G. & C. Merriam Co. (1976), ISBN 0-87779-101-5.

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Within 4 weeks at the latest after a person has stopped using it, the abstinence syndrome state degenerates into complete mental derangement.