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noun
A severe, potentially life-threatening form of alcohol withdrawal characterized by the abrupt onset of global confusion, autonomic hyperactivity, and profound neuropsychiatric disturbances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: DT
Antonyms: none provided
noun
acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: DTs
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: psychosis
History
From Latin dēlīrium tremēns (literally “trembling madness”), coined by Thomas Sutton in 1813.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
