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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary al·co·hol·ism DATE 1860 1. continued excessive or compulsive use of alcoholic drinks 2. a. poisoning by alcohol b. a chronic disorder marked by excessive and usually compulsive drinking of alcohol leading to psychological and physical dependence or addiction English Etymology alcoholism "disease of alcohol addiction," 1852, from alcohol + -ism or elese from Mod.L. alcoholismus, coined in 1852 by Swed. professor of medicine Magnus Huss (1807-1890) to mean what we now would call "alcohol poisoning." In earlier times, alcoholism would have been habitual drunkenness or some such term. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 alcoholism al·co·hol·ism / 5AlkEhClizEm; NAmE -hC:l-; -hB:l- / noun[U] the medical condition caused by drinking too much alcohol regularly 酒精中毒 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English alcoholism noun ADJ. chronic VERB + ALCOHOLISM suffer from Three people in the family suffer from alcoholism. | combat, treat • Special page at Special page-ILLNESS Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: acute alcoholism , or chronic alcoholism al·co·hol·ism \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌhȯˌlizəm, -_həˌl- sometimes -ˌhä- or ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌliz-\ noun (-s) Etymology: New Latin alcoholismus, from New Latin alcohol + Latin -ismus -ism 1. : continuous and usually excessive use of alcoholic drinks; usually : addiction especially when compulsive to excessive use of alcoholic drinks 2. : the state of being poisoned by alcohol; specifically : the pathologic results of excessive use of alcoholic drinks — see acute alcoholism, chronic alcoholism |
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