Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A morbid craving for some narcotic drug.
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- noun A
pathological craving for oraddiction tonarcotics oralcohol .
Etymologies
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narco- + -mania. Reportedly coined by Dr. Norman S. Kerr in his book Inebriety (1865).
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Examples
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It should be treated as disease, like alcoholism or narcomania.
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