delirium tremens
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of delirium tremens
First recorded in 1813; from New Latin: “trembling delirium”
Example Sentences
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An autopsy later found that she had been experiencing delirium tremens caused by withdrawal from diazepam, an anti-anxiety medication that P.T.S. staff members said they were never informed she was taking.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2016
The book records a period of acute psychological and spiritual disorientation, delirium tremens, the near-destruction of a literary intelligence, starring Kerouac as Jack Duluoz, “bloody ‘King of the Beatniks.’”
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2013
The treatment is carried out on the same lines as that of delirium tremens.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
In place of the cold, however, Uncle Peter now had acute indigestion, nervous procrastination, delirium tremens and a spavin on his off fetlock.
From You Can Search Me by McHugh, Hugh
Or perhaps someone possesses the secret of how to separate free labor from the delirium tremens of imperialism, that is, of turning back the clock of social development half a century or a century?
From Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) by Trotzky, Leon Davidovich
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