Narcomania

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol. uncountable

    "A. S. Sholomovich reported in 1925 that two institutions for child narcotic addicts and eight out-patient clinics for three forms of "narcomania"—alcohol, cocaine, and morphia addiction—were functioning in Moscow."

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drug addiction

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"A. S. Sholomovich reported in 1925 that two institutions for child narcotic addicts and eight out-patient clinics for three forms of "narcomania"—alcohol, cocaine, and morphia addiction—were functioning in Moscow."

Etymology

From narco- + -mania. Coined by Scottish physician Norman Kerr in 1888.

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