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abstinence syndrome

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noun

  1. the withdrawal symptoms that occur after abstinence from a drug, especially a narcotic, to which one is addicted.


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During her time in the White House, Mrs. Trump has worked to help pregnant mothers stay drug-free so children are not born with neonatal abstinence syndrome.

From Washington Times • Aug. 25, 2020

“We have fostered children with various issues, including fetal alcohol syndrome, tracheomalacia, reactive attachment disorder, spina bifida, limb difference, prematurity, neonatal abstinence syndrome, and various developmental delays.”

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2020

Up until the last decade, neonatal abstinence syndrome was not a term many medical professionals were familiar with.

From Washington Times • Dec. 3, 2019

Trump was on her way to the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia to meet with families affected by neonatal abstinence syndrome.

From Fox News • Oct. 17, 2018

Compared with other babies in the neonatal intensive-care unit, “for the most part, infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome are just not that sick.”

From New York Times • May 9, 2018