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单词 dipsomania
释义 dipsomania Path.|dɪpsəʊˈmeɪnɪə|
[f. Gr. διψο- comb. form of δίψα thirst + µανία madness, mania.]
A morbid and insatiable craving for alcohol, often of a paroxysmal character. Also applied to persistent drunkenness, and formerly to the delirium produced by excessive drinking.
1843–4A. S. Taylor Med. Jurispr. lxvi. 655 Dipsomania, drunkenness. This state, which is called in law frenzy, or ‘dementia affectata’, is regarded as a temporary form of insanity.1851–60in Mayne Expos. Lex.1862tr. Caspar's Handbk. Forensic Med. (New Syd. Soc.) II. 91 [She] had been for many years excessively given to drinking, and in her case it had developed to actual ‘dipsomania’.1866A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 512 Dipsomania is a term sometimes used to denote the peculiar delirium arising from the abuse of alcohol, but it is commonly applied to an uncontrollable desire for alcoholic drinks.1881S. Alford in Med. Temp. Jrnl. XLVII. 163 Dipsomania, or inebriety, is a fundamental disease of the nervous system, primarily of a functional character.1883Syd. Soc. Lex., Dipsomania..is to be distinguished from ordinary and habitual drunken⁓ness, in that the craving is paroxysmal, and comes on apparently without the external temptation of what is called good company.
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