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单词 mania a potu
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mania a potun.

Brit. /ˈmeɪnɪə a pɒtuː/, /ˈmeɪnjə a ˈpɒtuː/, U.S. /ˈmeɪniə ɑ ˈpɑdu/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mania a potu.
Etymology: < scientific Latin mania a potu, lit. ‘madness from drink’ < post-classical Latin mania mania n. + classical Latin ā from + pōtū , ablative singular of pōtus drink (see pote n.3).For a variant in scientific Latin compare:1835 R. D. Hoblyn Dict. Terms Med. & Collateral Sci. 49/1 Delirium Tremens, an acute disease which occurs in intemperate persons. It has been called brain fever—a peculiar disorder of drunkards—delirium et mania é potu.
Medicine. Now historical.
A mental disorder attributed to alcoholic consumption, usually thought to be characterized by extreme excitement and violent behaviour, but sometimes identified with delirium tremens.
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delirium tremens1813
mania a potu1818
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D.T.1858
jump1879
jim-jams1885
jimmies1900
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1818 J. G. Nancrede in Amer. Med. Recorder (Philadelphia) 1 478 (heading) On Mania a potu.
1887 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. IV. 120/1 All the rules already given in regard to the management of delirium tremens apply equally to the treatment of such cases as we have classed under the head of mania à potu.
1896 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 42 129 The second case seems an ordinary case of mania a potu, but one excited directly by a severe injury to the brain and cord.
1926 A. C. Gordon Allegra xxvi. 232 Any ordinary learned member of the faculty..might reasonably have diagnosed his condition as one of mania a potu. But the diagnosis would have been both erroneous and unjust.
1979 Psychol. Med. 9 709/1 Magnan classified both mania a potu and delirium tremens under ‘acute alcoholic insanity’.
1994 R. Davies Cunning Man (1995) 413 Like many of his kind he had not yet sunk to mania a potu.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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