withdrawal
withdrawal
Definition
with·drawal (--drô′əl)
noun
- the act of withdrawing
- the act or process of giving up the use of a narcotic drug to which one has become addicted, typically accompanied by distressing physiological and mental effects (withdrawal symptoms)
- coitus interruptus
withdrawal
Synonyms
withdrawal
n.
Antonyms
withdrawal
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- necessitate: Severe or progressive leucopenia may necessitate withdrawal of the drug.
- precipitate: The occasions which might precipitate withdrawal are duly restricted by the requirement that each of three tests must be satisfied.
Adjective modifier
- abrupt: Dependency Potential and Withdrawal Symptoms All references warn of avoiding abrupt withdrawal and the use of a tapered withdrawal.
- gradual: Ditto: the extent to which recommendations for gradual withdrawal might minimize or avoid problems with withdrawal 21.
- unilateral: What we should seek, therefore, is to avoid the abrogation of, or unilateral withdrawal from, these treaties.
- opiate: Complementary therapies - There is a need for further research into the role of complementary therapies in alleviating opiate withdrawal.
Modifies a noun
- symptom: Your sleep will improve once you are over the initial withdrawal symptoms.
- syndrome: Heavy use may also cause a withdrawal syndrome in the newborn infant.
- reaction: Remarkably, she managed not to mention withdrawal reactions in over one full page of text on " Adverse effects " .
Noun used with modifier
- benzodiazepine: A prolonged sub acute low dose benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome can last for months or even years.
- nicotine: Your body will recover fairly quickly from nicotine withdrawals ( the worst symptoms usually abate in three days or less ), 19.
- ATM: The bank also imposes limits on ATM withdrawals at rival banks.
- antidepressant: And why do many doctors ( and perhaps most GPs ) still not recognize that antidepressant withdrawal reactions even exist?
- cash: Our plastic cards can be used for cash withdrawals from ATMs all over the world.
- equity: In her first year as a PhD student, she is investigating the economic effects of mortgage equity withdrawal in the UK.
Preposition: of
- troop: In Britain 71 percent of people want an early date set for the withdrawal of British troops.
- co-proxamol: Co-proxamol The withdrawal of the painkiller co-proxamol has left many people worried.
Preposition: from
- npt: In January, the DPRK announced its withdrawal from the NPT.
withdrawal Quotes
BRADYISM: A multisibling sensibility derived from having grown up in large familiessymptoms of Bradyism include a facility for mind games, emotional withdrawal in situations of overcrowding, and a deeply felt need for a well-defined personal space.
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