withdrawal symptom
- noun
- /wɪðˈdrɔːəl ˈsɪmptəm/
- Specialized
- When people stop using opioids, they often experience withdrawal symptoms like nausea and anxiety.
- cravings and withdrawal symptoms
- dependence and withdrawal symptoms
- experience withdrawal symptoms
When they do stop, they're going to have a known set of withdrawal symptoms.
- When they do stop, they're going to have a known set of withdrawal symptoms.
- Some people have severe carbohydrate withdrawal symptoms, which some people erroneously call the keto flu or the carnivore flu.
- Some women find that it takes several weeks or several months to wean down off these medications before they're able to stop them without having withdrawal symptoms.
- Despite that they had fewer withdrawal symptoms from the alcohol.
- This can lead to addiction, to withdrawal symptoms when with with when the drug stops, and to effects on cognition.
- They're definitely going through withdrawal symptoms that that feeling shaking the, the sweats, all the feelings that they need like a concentration.
Examples
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The goal of buprenorphine/naloxone therapy in the treatment of opioid addiction is to prevent withdrawal symptoms and suppress cravings for opioids.
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Seniors should also be made aware of the possible withdrawal symptoms associated with correcting an old habit.
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It's probably just withdrawal symptoms.
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When there was no access to pregabalin, he experienced withdrawal symptoms.
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Heroin users also often experience withdrawal symptoms, which can cause them to admit their addiction and decide to end it.
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Furthermore, serious withdrawal symptoms occur when they try to abstain from methadone.
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One with AUD often suffers from withdrawal symptoms due to chemical and physical dependency.
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Trying to quit has its own drawbacks, including depression, irritability, restlessness, trouble sleeping, anxiety, headaches, and other withdrawal symptoms.
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Upon discontinuation of pregabalin, the patient suffers from withdrawal symptoms and meets the DSM-5 criteria for pregabalin use disorder.
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Caffeine withdrawal symptoms can include severe headaches and irritability for regular users.
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a 'symptom' (a sign or effect of illness) that is specifically associated with 'withdrawal' (stopping or reducing an addictive substance). This noun+noun combination follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern (e.g., 'síntoma de abstinencia', 'symptôme de sevrage') and would be immediately understandable to learners who know both constituents.
Etymology
Withdrawal symptom: The compound withdrawal and symptom comes from a simple picture: withdrawal is something being pulled away from the body and symptom is a 'sign' the body shows. When a drug or alcohol is 'withdrawn' or 'taken away', the body reacts with signs like shaking or feeling anxious, so the phrase means the signs that appear after stopping an addictive substance.