withdrawal (redirected from Withdrawal reflex)

with·draw·al  (w-drôl, wth-)

n.

1. The act or process of withdrawing, as:

a. A retreat or retirement.

b. Retreat of a military force in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat.

c. Detachment, as from social or emotional involvement.

d. A removal from a place or position of something that has been deposited.

2.

a. Discontinuation of the use of an addictive substance.

b. The physiological and mental readjustment that accompanies such discontinuation.

3. The act or an instance of retracting or revoking: feared the withdrawal of his parents' permission.

4. Coitus interruptus.

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withdrawal

Noun

1. the act or an instance of withdrawing

2. the period that a drug addict goes through after stopping using drugs, during which he or she may experience symptoms such as tremors, sweating, and vomiting

Adjective

of or relating to withdrawal from an addictive drug: withdrawal symptoms

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withdrawal  (wth-drôl, wth-)

Discontinuation of the use of an addictive substance. The symptoms of withdrawal include headache, diarrhea, and tremors and can range from mild to life threatening, depending on the extent of the body's reliance on the addictive substance.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	withdrawal - a retraction of a previously held position backdown, climb-down abjuration, recantation, retraction - a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
	2.	withdrawal - the act of taking out money or other capital remotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy" bank withdrawal - the withdrawal of money from your account at a bank disinvestment - the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation
	3.	withdrawal - the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam" departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing self-effacement, effacement - withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous retreat - the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant) retirement, retreat - withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity" evacuation - the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection decampment - breaking camp defection, desertion, abandonment - withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" pullback - (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops" retreat - (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops" receding, recession - the act of becoming more distant
	4.	withdrawal - avoiding emotional involvement detachment indifference - unbiased impartial unconcern
	5.	withdrawal - the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.; "the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood" remotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"
	6.	withdrawal - the act of ceasing to participate in an activity separation - the act of dividing or disconnecting
	7.	withdrawal - a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation coitus interruptus, pulling out, withdrawal method, onanism birth control, birth prevention, family planning - limiting the number of children born
	8.	withdrawal - formal separation from an alliance or federation secession separation - the act of dividing or disconnecting breakaway, breaking away - the act of breaking away or withdrawing from; "there was a breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away from family and neighborhood"
	9.	withdrawal - the termination of drug taking drug withdrawal ending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" cold turkey - complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent; "he quit smoking cold turkey"; "she quit her job cold turkey"

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withdrawal

noun 1. removal, ending, stopping, taking away, abolition, elimination, cancellation, termination, extraction, discontinuation

noun 2. exit, retirement, departure, pull-out, retreat, exodus, evacuation, disengagement

3. departure, retirement, exit, secession

noun 4. retraction, recall, disclaimer, repudiation, revocation, disavowal, recantation, rescission, abjuration

Translations

withdrawal [wɪθˈdrɔːəl] n → retirada

withdrawal [wɪθˈdrɔːəl] withdraw n → retrait m;

(Med) → état m de manque

withdrawal [wɪθˈdrɔːəl] withdraw n [of offer, remark] → Zurücknahme f [of troops] → Abzug m [of participation] → Ausstieg m [of services] → Streichung f [of money] → Abhebung f

withdrawal [wɪθˈdrɔːəl] n → ritiro; prelievo; [of army] → ritirata;

(MED) → stato di privazione