Alcoholic

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  • adjective. Related to or resulting from alcohol.
  • adjective. Containing or preserved in alcohol.
  • adjective. Suffering from alcoholism.
  • noun. A person who drinks alcoholic substances habitually and to excess or who suffers from alcoholism.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or of the nature of alcohol.
  • Containing or using alcohol: as, an alcoholic thermometer.
  • noun. One who indulges to excess in alcoholic beverages, or who is suffering from the systemic effects of alcohol.
  • noun. A remedy the chief therapeutic value of which depends upon the presence of alcohol.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol
  • noun. A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.
  • noun. Alcoholic liquors.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person addicted to alcohol.
  • noun. One who abuses alcohol.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to alcohol.
  • adjective. Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. addicted to alcohol
  • adjective. characteristic of or containing alcohol
  • noun. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
  • Word Usage
    "When doctors use the term alcoholic liver disease, they are referring to a specific disease process that is made up of four distinct, advancing stages of liver damage, beginning with something called fatty liver and, if unchecked, progressing to inflammation of the liver, or alcoholic hepatitis."
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