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<psychiatry> A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, especially. For alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Thirst + mania.
(01 Mar 1998)
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