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DIPSOMANIA (from Gr. & 'a, thirst, and µavia, madness) , a See also: term formerly applied to the attacks of delirium (q.v.) caused by alcoholic poisoning
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It is now sometimes loosely used as See also: equivalent to the condition of incurable inebriates, but strictly should be confined to the pathological and insatiable See also: desire for See also: alcohol, sometimes occurring in paroxysms
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