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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 307 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DIPSOMANIA (from Gr. & 'a, thirst, and µavia, madness)  , a
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term formerly applied to the attacks of
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delirium (q.v.) caused by alcoholic poisoning . It is now sometimes loosely used as
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equivalent to the
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condition of incurable inebriates, but strictly should be confined to the pathological and insatiable
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desire for
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alcohol, sometimes occurring in paroxysms .

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