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dependency-prone

American

[dih-pen-duhn-see-prohn] / dɪˈpɛn dən siˌproʊn /

adjective

tending to become psychologically or physiologically dependent on a drug.

Etymology

Origin of dependency-prone

First recorded in 1965–70

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