Definitions
an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
Word origin
From alcohol + -ism. Derived from New Latin alcoholismus chronicus, coined by the Swedish professor of medicine Magnus Huss in 1849.
Used in a sentence
“chronic alcoholism”
“struggle with alcoholism”
“effects of alcoholism”
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01“Addiction to drink”10 letters
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