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veisalgia

Syllables: veis·al·gia/veɪsˈæl.d͡ʒɪ.ə/

veisalgia noun: the unpleasant after-effects of the consumption of alcohol; a hangover.

veisalgia: the unpleasant after-effects of the consumption of alcohol; a hangover
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Noun

veisalgia (uncountable)

  1. The unpleasant after-effects of the consumption of alcohol; a hangover.
    • There is no consensus definition of veisalgia ("alcohol hangover," from the Norwegian kveis, or "uneasiness following debauchery," and the Greek algia, or "pain"). Most descriptive and experimental studies have identified a set of common symptoms: headache, diarrhea, anorexia, tremulousness...2000 June 6, Jeffrey G. Wiese, Michael G. Shlipak, Warren S. Browner, “The Alcohol Hangover”, in Annals of Internal Medicine, volume 132, number 11, →DOI, pages 897–902
    • Ms. J may be caught in the vicious cycle of headache related to a hangover, drinking more to relieve the headache and tremor (perceived as anxiety), daytime sleeping, and using the alcohol to try and induce sleep at night. The tremulousness, which the patient experiences as anxiety, is also part of...2005, Judith C. Ahronheim, Zheng-Bo Huang, Vincent Yen, Christina M. Davitt, David Barile, “Case 27: Headache”, in Case Studies in Geriatrics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 182
    Synonyms:
    hangover

Examples of veisalgia in a sentence

  • There is no consensus definition of veisalgia ("alcohol hangover," from the Norwegian kveis, or "uneasiness following debauchery," and the Greek algia, or "pain").2000 June 6, Jeffrey G. Wiese, Michael G. Shlipak, Warren S. Browner, “The Alcohol Hangover”, in Annals of Internal Medicine, volume 132...
  • The tremulousness, which the patient experiences as anxiety, is also part of the veisalgia syndrome.2005, Judith C. Ahronheim, Zheng-Bo Huang, Vincent Yen, Christina M. Davitt, David Barile, “Case 27: Headache”, in Case Studies in...

Synonyms of veisalgia

Origin of veisalgia

From Norwegian kveis (“uneasiness after debauchery”) + -algia (pain, suffering) (from New Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”)), coined as a medical term by Jeffrey G. Wiese, Michael G. Shlipak, and Warren S. Browner in a 2000 article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (see the quotation).

Questions about veisalgia

What does veisalgia mean?
Veisalgia means the unpleasant after-effects of the consumption of alcohol; a hangover.
How do you use veisalgia in a sentence?
There is no consensus definition of veisalgia ("alcohol hangover," from the Norwegian kveis, or "uneasiness following debauchery," and the Greek algia, or "pain").
What part of speech is veisalgia?
Veisalgia is a noun.
How do you pronounce veisalgia?
Veisalgia is pronounced /veɪsˈæl.d͡ʒɪ.ə/ (UK).

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