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dipsomania Noun a compulsive desire to drink alcoholic beverages [Greek dipsa thirst + mania madness] dipsomaniac nadj dipsomania an insatiable craving for alcohol; chronic drunkenness. — dipsomaniac, n. — dipsomaniacal, adj. See also: Alcohol
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A close inspection of Chancre's campaign posters, which are taped to every other cement column despite regulations against campaign literature within a hundred yards of Headquarters, reveals myriad tiny insurrections, such as counterclockwise swirls in the middle of Chancre's pupils, an allusion to his famous nocturnal dipsomania. Results obtained in three large clinical trials involving patients with chronic gastritis, stomach ulcers and dipsomania were duplicated by Scientific Institute of Narcology of the Russian Ministry of Public Health. |
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dipsomania - an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
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