See also:

• DIPSOMANIA (from Gr. & 'a, thirst, and µavia, madness)

DIPSOMANIA (from Gr. & 'a, thirst, and µavia, madness)  , a See also:

• TERM

term formerly applied to the attacks of See also:

• DELIRIUM (a Latin medical term for madness, from delirare, to be mad, literally to wander from the lira, or furrow)

delirium (q.v.) caused by alcoholic poisoning . It is now sometimes loosely used as See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of incurable inebriates, but strictly should be confined to the pathological and insatiable See also:

• DESIRE

desire for See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol, sometimes occurring in paroxysms .