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alcoholic
1. Relating to, containing, or produced by alcohol.
2. One who suffers from alcoholism.
3. One who abuses or is dependent upon alcohol.
2. One who suffers from alcoholism.
3. One who abuses or is dependent upon alcohol.
O God! That men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains.
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“alcoholic”
alcoholic cirrhosis
A liver disease occurring in people who are chronic alcoholics.
Approximately twenty per cent of chronic alcoholics develop cirrhosis.
alcoholic deterioration (s), alcoholic deterioration (nouns)
Dementia occurring with people who are chronically addicted to alcohol: "The doctor explained the patient's condition was called alcoholic deterioration which has resulted in a severe decline of normal mental abilities."
"Dementia that is caused by alcoholic deterioration is an organic mental disorder characterized by a general loss of intellectual abilities involving the impairment of memory, judgment, and abstract thinking; as well as, changes in personality."
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-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)
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deterior-, deteriorat- +
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non-alcoholic
Without alcohol.
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alcoholo-, alcohol-, alcoho- +
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