drug withdrawal
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- noun
- /drʌg wɪðˈdrɔːəl/
- NSFW
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síndrome de abstinencia
- Many individuals experience intense cravings and discomfort during drug withdrawal after stopping their medication.
- drug withdrawal symptoms
Examples
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In addition, 5 mothers in Zeng's study and 88 mothers in Han's study had light elevation in serum ALT levels after drug withdrawal.
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Doctors at Cook Children's Medical Center do not recall treating a newborn for drug withdrawal during the past three years.
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Rejection also has characteristics that are similar to drug withdrawal.
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Human studies have shown that the presentation of drugs themselves, or stimuli previously associated with drug delivery or drug withdrawal, or the state
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A national study published this year in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that the number of babies treated for drug withdrawal after birth nearly tripled between 2000 and 2009, rising from 1.2 out of every 1,000 babies born in a hospital to 3.4 out of every 1,000 babies.
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In our meta-analysis, we analyzed elevations in serum CK, elevated ALT levels after drug withdrawal, and other adverse events.
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After months of using the drug, he faced severe symptoms of drug withdrawal when he finally decided to quit.
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Medical staff monitored the patient closely as he went through drug withdrawal, watching for any psychological or physical symptoms.
Synonyms
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The physical and mental problems after you stop taking a drug you use regularly
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Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'drug' + 'withdrawal' (i.e. the withdrawal/removal of a drug), so the meaning is partly derivable from the parts. However, 'withdrawal' is polysemous and B1 learners often know it primarily as the cessation of drug use with symptoms, so they may misinterpret the phrase unless they know the 'product removal/recall' sense. This partial predictability but potential for confusion makes it only semi-transparent.
Etymology
Drug withdrawal comes from the verb withdraw, which means to pull away or 'stop taking' something. Picture a person pulling away from a bottle and then their body starting to feel bad, so drug withdrawal means the physical or mental 'symptoms' that happen when you stop taking a drug.