What does "delirium tremens" mean?

A severe, potentially life-threatening form of alcohol withdrawal characterized by the abrupt onset of global confusion, autonomic hyperactivity, and profound neuropsychiatric disturbances.

Delirium tremens

Q: What is a synonym for "delirium tremens"?

Common synonyms include: alcoholic addiction, alcoholic psychosis, alcoholism, bottle nose, cirrhosis, delirium alcoholicum.

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Definitions

Noun

1
A severe, potentially life-threatening form of alcohol withdrawal characterized by the abrupt onset of global confusion, autonomic hyperactivity, and profound neuropsychiatric disturbances. uncountable
2
acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

alcoholic addiction alcoholic psychosis alcoholism bottle nose cirrhosis delirium alcoholicum

Etymology

From Latin dēlīrium tremēns (literally “trembling madness”), coined by Thomas Sutton in 1813.

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