Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The habit or practice of using chloral.
- noun A diseased state of the system marked by varying symptoms arising from the incautious or habitual use of chloral. In extreme cases it is marked by moral degradation similar to that which characterizes alcoholism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine A
morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use ofchloral .
Etymologies
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chloral + -ism
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Examples
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Indeed, the last mentioned of these two drugs obtains over the mind a power which may be compared to that of opium, and is, moreover, liable to occasion the disease known as chloralism, by which the system ultimately becomes a complete wreck.
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele
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In this semi-unconscious state of chloralism it is not unusual for circumstantial and _bizarre_ visions to present themselves -- more especially to individuals unaccustomed to the use of the drug.
Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897
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