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delirium tremens
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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
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