alcoholism
English
/ˈælkə(ˌ)hɔlˌɪzəm/, /ˈælkəhɒlˌɪzəm/
noun
Definitions
- A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.
- (pathology) Acute alcohol poisoning.
Etymology
Suffix from English alcohol.
Origin
English
alcohol
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alcohol English
- alcohol-free English
- alcoholaemia English
- alcoholase English
- alcoholate English
- alcoholemia English
- alcoholic English
- alcoholist English
- alcoholization English
- alcoholize English
- alcoholless English
- alcoholmeter English
- alcohologist English
- alcohology English
- alcohololysis English
- alcoholometer English
- alcoholometric English
- alcoholometry English
- alcoholysis English
- alkoxyalcohol English
- antialcohol English
- antialcoholism English
- bioalcohol English
- epoxyalcohol English
- fluoroalcohol English
- haloalcohol English
- nonalcohol English
- polyalcohol English
- polyvinylalcohol English
- thioalcohol English
- alcohol French
- كحول Arabic
- alcohol Old French
- แอลกอฮอล์ Thai
- alkohol Malay
- 알코올 Korean
- alkohol Tok Pisin
- alcohol
- alcoholic
- alcoholate
- alcoholase
- nonalcohol
- alcohology
- bioalcohol
- alcoholize
- alcoholist
- haloalcohol
- alcoholless
- antialcohol
- thioalcohol
- polyalcohol
- alcoholemia
- alcoholysis
- epoxyalcohol
- alcohol-free
- alcoholmeter
- alcoholaemia
- alcohologist
- fluoroalcohol
- alcoholometry
- alcohololysis
- alcoholometer
- alkoxyalcohol
- alcoholization
- antialcoholism
- alcoholometric
- polyvinylalcohol