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Nicotinism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    nicotine poisoning (especially as a result of tobacco use) uncountable

    "Some authors, among them Taylor, and Woodman and Tidy hold that it is dilated in acute poisoning, while Pereira and Bartholow, say contracted, but in chronic nicotinism it is usually dilated."

  2. 2
    Addiction to nicotine. uncountable

    "Of the means of relief adopted for the cure of nicotinism, abandonment of the cause will bring about recovery in most cases without any medication"

Etymology

From nicotine + -ism.

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