Phrase guide

withdrawal symptom

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of a wide range of symptoms associated with the discontinuance of a drug by an addicted individual, or the medically controlled discontinuance by a patient of a prescribed drug.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially, plural

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

any physical or psychological disturbance (as sweating or depression) experienced by a drug addict when deprived of the drug

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: symptom

History

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 退癮症狀 /退瘾症状 (tuìyǐn zhèngzhuàng) — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戒斷症狀 /戒断症状 (jièduàn zhèngzhuàng) — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • Chinese Mandarin: 停藥症狀 /停药症状 (tíngyào zhèngzhuàng) — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • Czech: absťák — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • Finnish: vieroitusoire — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • French: symptôme de sevrage — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • German: Entzugserscheinung — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • Greek: σύνδρομο αποστέρησης (sýndromo apostérisis) — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • Hungarian: elvonási tünetek — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • Polish: objaw odstawienia — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • Russian: абстинентный синдром (abstinentnyj sindrom) — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • Russian: ломка (lomka) — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • Spanish: síndrome de abstinencia — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • Spanish: mono — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • Swedish: abstinens — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • Swedish: abstinensbesvär — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • Turkish: yoksunluk sendromu — symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug