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abstinence_syndrome

abstinence syndrome

English

Noun

abstinence syndrome (plural abstinence syndromes)

  1. (medicine) The physical symptoms of an addict when he is withdrawing; withdrawal.[1]

Synonyms

  • withdrawal syndrome

Translations

References

  1. “abstinence syndrome” in Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, G. & C. Merriam Co. (1976), ISBN 0-87779-101-5.