abstinence syndrome
Medicine
noun
A medical condition resulting from the sudden withdrawal of a drug to which a person or animal is physically addicted, having symptoms and signs varying with the type of drug involved.
- Often synonymous with withdrawal syndrome, but sometimes taken as including only physical (rather than physical and psychological) symptoms..
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Bulletin Hygiene.
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