dipsomania

English - Turkish

Definition of dipsomania in English Turkish dictionary

(Tıp) direkt akım

Related Terms

dipsomaniac

dipsomanik

dipsomaniac

İçki müptelası, içkici, ayyaş

dipsomaniac

{i} ayyaş

dipsomaniac

dipsomanik,içki müptelası

dipsomaniac

alkol bağımlı

dipsomaniac

{i} alkolik

English - English

Definition of dipsomania in English English dictionary

an addiction to alcohol

alcoholism. An elaborate term for an addiction to alcohol

for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism

A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp

an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

{i} severe craving for alcohol

oenomania

Related Terms

dipsomaniac

One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic

dipsomaniac

A persistently drunken person; a drunkard

dipsomaniac

one who abuses alcohol by drinking to excess

dipsomaniac

a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

dipsomaniac

a person addicted to alcohol

dipsomaniac

One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks

dipsomaniac

someone who has a very strong desire for alcohol, which they cannot control = alcoholic (dipsa + maniac)

dipsomaniac

{i} one who suffers from dipsomania, one who suffers from a severe craving for alcohol

dipsomaniac

{s} pertaining to dipsomania, pertaining to a severe craving for alcohol

Hyphenation

dip·so·ma·ni·a

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek δίψα (dipsa, “thirst”) +‎ -mania.