Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

cocainism

American

[koh-key-niz-uhm, koh-kuh-niz-uhm] / koʊˈkeɪ nɪz əm, ˈkoʊ kəˌnɪz əm /

noun

Pathology.

an abnormal condition due to excessive or habitual use of cocaine.

Etymology

Origin of cocainism

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.