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ALCOHOLIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
Synonyms:
alcoholic; alky; boozer; dipsomaniac; lush; soaker; souse
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("alcoholic" is a kind of...):
drunk; drunkard; inebriate; rummy; sot; wino (a chronic drinker)
Derivation:
alcoholic (addicted to alcohol)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Addicted to alcohol
Example:
alcoholic expatriates in Paris
Synonyms:
alcohol-dependent; alcoholic
Classified under:
Similar:
addicted (compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming)
Derivation:
alcoholic (a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characteristic of or containing alcohol
Example:
alcoholic drinks
Classified under:
Similar:
dry (having a large proportion of strong liquor)
hard; strong (being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content)
intoxicant; intoxicating (causing intoxication)
spiritous; spirituous (containing or of the nature of alcohol)
wet (consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor)
Antonym:
nonalcoholic (characterized by the absence of alcohol)
Derivation:
alcohol (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)
alcohol (any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation)
Context examples:
Role of alcoholic beverages in cancer causation or prevention and in general health.
(Nutrition, Alcohol, NCI Thesaurus)
Dietary components include drinking water, alcoholic beverages, and vitamin and trace element supplements.
(Nutrition, Other, NCI Thesaurus)
N-Nitrosomethylvinylamine has been found in several vegetables, cheeses, meats, alcoholic beverages and fruits.
(N-Nitrosomethylvinylamine, NCI Thesaurus)
It was initially described in alcoholics.
(Mallory-Weiss Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
An alcoholic beverage in which the initial fermentation mixture is distilled in order to concentrate the alcohol, generally resulting in a mixture that is at least 35% alcohol by volume.
(Liquor, NCI Thesaurus)
They contain filaments and are present in the liver parenchyma of patients with various liver disorders including alcoholic liver disease, Wilson disease, and primary biliary cirrhosis.
(Mallory Bodies Present, NCI Thesaurus)
A specific strain of a common bacteria found in most people with alcoholic hepatitis correlates with greater liver disease severity and mortality.
(Bacteriophage therapy may ease severity of alcoholic hepatitis, National Institutes of Health)
This condition is attributed to excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages.
(Alcoholic Cirrhosis, NCI Thesaurus)
The researchers found that none of the three groups had a significantly different hangover score with different orders of alcoholic drinks.
(Wine before beer, or beer before wine? Either way, you’ll be hungover, University of Cambridge)
An alcoholic beverage contains ethanol (alcohol) as the active ingredient.
(Alcoholic Beverage, NCI Thesaurus)
