noun
- 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.
- synonyms: alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness
- An intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess.
- synonyms: dipsomania, potomania
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