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WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does withdrawal symptom mean?

• WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOM (noun)
The noun WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOM has 1 sense:

1. any physical or psychological disturbance (as sweating or depression) experienced by a drug addict when deprived of the drug

Familiarity information: WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOM used as a noun is very rare.

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• WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any physical or psychological disturbance (as sweating or depression) experienced by a drug addict when deprived of the drug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("withdrawal symptom" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

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