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delirium tremens definition

delirium tre·mens (trē′mənz, trem′ənz)

a violent delirium resulting chiefly from excessive drinking of alcoholic liquor and characterized by sweating, trembling, anxiety, and frightening hallucinations

Etymology: ModL (1813), lit., trembling delirium

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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