delirium tremens
noun/dɪˌlɪriəm ˈtriːmenz/, /dɪˌlɪəriəm ˈtriːmenz/
/dɪˌlɪriəm ˈtriːmenz/
(abbreviation DTs British English, D.T.'s US English)
[uncountable] (medical)- a physical condition that affects people who regularly drink too much alcohol when they stop drinking alcohol for a while; they feel their body shaking and imagine that they are seeing things that are not really thereWord Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin, ‘trembling delirium’.
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