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单词 pharmacomania
释义

pharmacomanian.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pharmaco- comb. form, -mania comb. form.
Etymology: < pharmaco- comb. form + -mania comb. form.
Medicine. Obsolete. rare.
An addiction to taking or prescribing drugs; a morbid desire for drugs.
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1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 648/1 Pharmacomania, one who has [sic] a mania for prescribing or for taking medicine.
1869 Lancet 4 Dec. 776/1 Dr. Clapton is of the opinion that the free system of dispensing medicine has given rise to a genuine monomania—or, as he calls it, Pharmacomania.

Derivatives

pharmacomaniacal adj. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 932/2 Pharmacomaniacus,..pharmacomaniacal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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