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delirium tremens

[dih-leer-ee-uhm tree-muhnz, -menz] / dɪˈlɪər i əm ˈtri mənz, -mɛnz /


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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

A hallucination is a false image or belief which has nothing, outside of the disordered mind, to suggest it; as, the hallucinations of delirium tremens.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

In delirium tremens, if the tincture of Capsicum be given in doses of half-a-dram well diluted with water, it will reduce the tremor and agitation in a few hours, inducing presently a calm prolonged sleep.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

Mr. Jefferson also had a story, a sort of parody of this, which described a man in delirium tremens watching in imaginary terror a similar fight.

From T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)




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