narcomania

[nahr-kuh-mey-nee-uh]

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• narcomaniac noun
• narcomaniacal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of narcomania¹

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

Example Sentences

Max Daly, an expert on drug consumption and the author of Narcomania, tweeted: “Blaming Ross Ulbricht for people overdosing on drugs bought from Silk Road is like blaming peanut farmers for people dying of nut allergies.”

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

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