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alcoholophilia

alcoholophilia noun: a pathological craving for alcohol; alcoholism.

Noun

alcoholophilia (uncountable)

  1. A pathological craving for alcohol; alcoholism.

Origin of alcoholophilia

From alcohol + -o- + -philia.

Questions about alcoholophilia

What does alcoholophilia mean?
Alcoholophilia means a pathological craving for alcohol; alcoholism.
What part of speech is alcoholophilia?
Alcoholophilia is a noun.

Words near alcoholophilia in the dictionary

  1. alcoholometer
  2. alcoholometers
  3. alcoholometric
  4. alcoholometrical
  5. alcoholometry
  6. alcoholophilia
  7. alcohols
  8. alcoholy
  9. alcoholyses
  10. alcoholysis
  11. alcoholytic

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