alcoholism
Pronunciation: /ˈælkə(ˌ)hɔˌlɪzəm/
The English word “alcoholism” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.
- Acute alcohol poisoning.
Etymology
From alcohol + -ism. Derived from New Latin alcoholismus chronicus, coined by the Swedish professor of medicine Magnus Huss in 1849.
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