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chronic alcoholism |
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chronic alcoholism [′krän·ik ′al·kə‚hȯ‚liz·əm] (medicine) Excessive consumption of alcohol over a prolonged period of time. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Chronic alcoholism was a curse that plagued him during his entire short life. Except for hypertension (5 patients) and chronic alcoholism (12 patients), no patient had underlying disease such as diabetes, malignancy, or HIV infection. It's not a direct result of stress, grief, neglect, family conflict, vitamin deficiency, poisoning, a blow on the head, chronic alcoholism, the normal aging process or a lack of blood or oxygen to the brain. |
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