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Noun: alcohol addiction
  1. Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
    - alcoholism, inebriation, drunkenness

Derived forms: alcohol addictions

Type of: drug addiction, white plague

Encyclopedia: Alcohol addiction

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