Definition of Alcohol-dependent

1. Adjective. Addicted to alcohol. "Alcoholic expatriates in Paris"

Exact synonyms: Alcoholic
Similar to: Addicted
Derivative terms: Alcoholic

Definition of Alcohol-dependent

1. Noun. a person suffering from the disease of alcoholism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alcohol-dependent

alchies
alchymies
alchymist
alchymists
alchymy
alcian blue
alcid
alcidine
alcids
alclofenac
alclometasone
alco
alco-holic
alcogel
alcohol
alcohol-dependent (current term)
alcohol-dependents
alcohol-free
alcohol-related disorders
alcohol-soluble eosin
alcohol - NDMA oxidoreductase
alcohol abuse
alcohol acid
alcohol addiction
alcohol amnestic disorder
alcohol amnestic syndrome
alcohol dehydrogenase
alcohol dehydrogenase (NADP+)
alcohol dehydrogenase (acceptor)

Literary usage of Alcohol-dependent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Alcohol Use Among U. S. Ethnic Minorities edited by Danielle Spiegler (1993)
"Twenty-six percent of the abstinent and nonproblem drinkers either abused alcohol or became alcohol dependent, while very few of those who abused alcohol or ..."

2. Stress, Gender, and Alcohol-Seeking Behavior edited by Walter A. Hunt, Sam Zakhari (1996)
"Consequently, it was surprising that 3a-5a-THP was more potent in protecting against seizure induction in alcohol-dependent rats compared with controls. ..."

3. Assessing Alcohol Problems: A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers by John P. Allen, Megan Columbus (1997)
"... found to differentiate between alcohol- dependent and nondependent individuals; to be related to drinking patterns and alcohol-related physical, social, ..."

4. Fertility: Current South African Issues of Poverty, HIV/AIDS & Youth ...by Human Sciences Research Council, Human Sciences Research Council (Hsre, South Africa Dept. of Social Development by Human Sciences Research Council, Human Sciences Research Council (Hsre, South Africa Dept. of Social Development (2003)
"The percentage of women who are alcohol dependent is also shown.10 About one-quarter of all South African women in 1998 had used tobacco and about ..."

5. Drug Addiction Research & the Health of Women edited by Cora L. Wetherington (1999)
"Even after controlling for past-year alcohol dependence, subjects who suffered a new assault were three times as likely to be alcohol dependent as other ..."

6. Alcohol and Health: Seventh Special Report to the Us Congress by Louis Sullivan (1997)
"Structural brain damage in alcohol-dependent individuals, which can be seen on autopsy, ... From 50 to 75 percent of detoxified, long-term alcohol-dependent ..."

7. Date Rape Drugs: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, U.S. House of edited by Fred Upton (1999)
"GHB has led to abstinence of alcohol in 78% of 179 alcohol dependent subjects ... term treatment of 179 alcohol dependent subjects Alcohol 1996;31(4):341. ..."

8. Research on Alcohol and Alcoholism (1993)
"In an alcohol-dependent individual, predictive validity may be assessed if drinking ... The symptom patterns of alcohol-dependent persons, data on treatment ..."

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