delirium tremens
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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
In the acute form delirium tremens is the most common manifestation.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
There had been no evidence of delirium tremens, but apparently the doctor felt he had scored a point.
From Badge of Infamy by Del Rey, Lester
Horr′or-strick′en, -struck, struck with horror.—The horrors, extreme depression: delirium tremens.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
