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A pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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From narco- + -mania. Coined by Scottish physician Norman Kerr in 1888.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
наркама́нія
(narkamánija)
— pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol
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Danish:
narkomani
— pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol
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Estonian:
narkomaania
— pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol
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French:
narcomanie
— pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol
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Georgian:
ნარკომანია
(narḳomania)
— pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol
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German:
Narkomanie
— pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol
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Greek:
ναρκομανία
(narkomanía)
— pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol
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Latvian:
narkomānija
— pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol
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Polish:
narkomania
— pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol
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Portuguese:
narcomania
— pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol
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Russian:
наркома́ния
(narkománija)
— pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol
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Spanish:
narcomanía
— pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol
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Swedish:
narkomani
— pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol
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Ukrainian:
наркома́нія
(narkománija)
— pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol
