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narcomania

narcomania noun: a pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol.

Noun

narcomania (uncountable)

  1. A pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol.
    • A. S. Sholomovich reported in 1925 that two institutions for child narcotic addicts and eight out-patient clinics for three forms of "narcomania"—alcohol, cocaine, and morphia addiction—were functioning in Moscow.1990, Mary Schaeffer Conroy, “Abuse of Drugs other than Alcohol and Tobacco in the Soviet Union”, in Soviet Studies, volume 42, number 3, page 451

narcomania meaning in Tamil

narcomania in Tamil

நோவகற்றி பயன்படுத்த வெறி, நோவகற்றி வெறி

Origin of narcomania

From narco- + -mania. Coined by Scottish physician Norman Kerr in 1888.

Words formed from narcomania

Questions about narcomania

What does narcomania mean?
Narcomania means a pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol.
What is narcomania in Tamil?
Narcomania in Tamil is நோவகற்றி பயன்படுத்த வெறி, நோவகற்றி வெறி. See Narcomania meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is narcomania?
Narcomania is a noun.

Words near narcomania in the dictionary

  1. narcological
  2. narcologist
  3. narcologists
  4. narcology
  5. narcoma
  6. narcomania
  7. narcomaniac
  8. narcomaniacal
  9. narcomaniacs
  10. narcomedusa
  11. narcomedusae

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