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- noun The unpleasant after-effects of the consumption of alcohol;
hangover .
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The formal name for a hangover is veisalgia, from the Norwegian word for "uneasiness following debauchery" (kveis) and the Greek word for "pain" (algia) - an appropriate title considering the uncomfortable experience!
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The formal name for a hangover is veisalgia, from the Norwegian word for "uneasiness following debauchery" (kveis) and the Greek word for "pain" (algia) - an appropriate title considering the uncomfortable experience!
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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In medical terms, this full-body assault is called veisalgia.
About Last Night 2007
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Howstuffworks. com, the formal term for a hangover is veisalgia, derived from the Norwegian word for "uneasiness following debauchery."
azcentral.com | news 2009
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In more buttoned-up - some might say sober - circles, the hangover has a proper name: veisalgia.
tennessean.com - Top News from The Tennessean, MUSIC CITY U.S.A 2009
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A hangover (veisalgia) describes the sum of unpleasant physiological effects following heavy consumption of drugs, particularly alcoholic beverages.
The Big Apple 2009
depsypher commented on the word veisalgia
The formal name for a hangover is veisalgia, from the Norwegian word for "uneasiness following debauchery" (kveis) and the Greek word for "pain" (algia)
December 31, 2006
sarra commented on the word veisalgia
Coined in 2000 in a journal article: The Alcohol Hangover — Weise et al. 132 (11): 897 — Annals of Internal Medicine
December 17, 2007