delirium tremens
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
An autopsy later found that she had been experiencing delirium tremens caused by withdrawal from diazepam, an anti-anxiety medication that P.T.S. staff members said they were never informed she was taking.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2016
The book records a period of acute psychological and spiritual disorientation, delirium tremens, the near-destruction of a literary intelligence, starring Kerouac as Jack Duluoz, “bloody ‘King of the Beatniks.’”
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2013
Brain′-fe′ver, a loose popular term which includes congestion of the brain and its membranes, delirium tremens, and inflammation of the brain substance itself.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
In delirium tremens it will be remembered, however, that there is little or no elevation of temperature, that the skin is bathed in perspiration, the tongue moist, and the characteristic eruption absent.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
There had been no evidence of delirium tremens, but apparently the doctor felt he had scored a point.
From Badge of Infamy by Del Rey, Lester
