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narcomania

American  
[nahr-kuh-mey-nee-uh] / ˌnɑr kəˈmeɪ ni ə /

noun

  1. Psychiatry. abnormal craving for a drug to deaden pain.

Other Word Forms

  • narcomaniac noun
  • narcomaniacal adjective

Etymology

Origin of narcomania

First recorded in 1885–90; narco- + -mania

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N. Inebriety or Narcomania; its etiology, pathology, treatment and jurisprudence.

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