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Definition 2024

alcoholism

alcoholism

English

Noun

alcoholism ‎(usually uncountable, plural alcoholisms)

(pathology) A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.
(pathology) Acute alcohol poisoning.

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Translations

chronic disease

Armenian: հարբեցողություն (hy) ‎(harbecʿołutʿyun), ալկոհոլիզմ (hy) ‎(alkoholizm)
Asturian: alcoholismu m
Bulgarian: алкохолизъм (bg) ‎(alkoholizǎm)
Catalan: alcoholisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 酒精中毒 (zh) ‎(jiǔjīng zhòngdú), 酗酒 (zh) ‎(xùjiǔ)
Czech: alkoholismus (cs) m, alkoholizmus (cs) m
Danish: alkoholisme
Dutch: alcoholisme (nl)
Esperanto: alkoholismo
Finnish: alkoholismi (fi)
French: alcoolisme (fr) m
Galician: alcoholismo m
German: Alkoholismus (de) m, Alkoholkrankheit f
Greek: αλκοολισμός (el) m ‎(alkoolismós)
Hungarian: alkoholizmus (hu)

Italian: alcolismo (it)
Japanese: アルコール依存症 ‎(arukōru izonshō)
Norman: alcoolisme m
Kalmyk: әркнчллһн ‎(ärknçllhn)
Korean: 알코올 의존증 ‎(alkool uijonjeung)
Portuguese: alcoolismo (pt) m, etilismo m
Romanian: alcoolism (ro) n
Russian: алкоголи́зм (ru) m ‎(alkogolízm)
Scottish Gaelic: tinneas na dighe m
Serbo-Croatian: alkoholizam m, alkoholija f
Spanish: alcoholismo (es) m
Swedish: alkoholism (sv) c
Thai:
Turkish: alkoliklik
Ukrainian: алкоголі́зм (uk) m ‎(alkoholízm)
Vietnamese:
Yiddish: אַלקאָהאָליזם m ‎(alkoholizm)

acute alcohol poisoning

Bulgarian: алкохолно отравяне ‎(alkoholno otravjane)
Catalan: alcoholisme m
Czech: otrava alkoholem f
Finnish: alkoholimyrkytys (fi)
German: Alkoholvergiftung (de) f
Greek: οξεία δηλητηρίαση από αιθανόλη f ‎(oxeía dilitiríasi apó aithanóli)
Japanese: アルコール中毒 ‎(arukōru chūdoku)

Portuguese: intoxicação alcoólica f
Russian: алкого́льное отравле́ние n ‎(alkogólʹnoje otravlénije)
Spanish: alcoholismo (es) m
Swedish: alkoholförgiftning c
Turkish: alkolizm (tr)
Ukrainian: алкого́льне отру́єння n ‎(alkohólʹne otrújennja)