white plague
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1. an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) (noun.state)
| hyponym | : | alcohol addiction, alcoholism, drunkenness, inebriation, |
| definition | : | habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms (noun.state) |
| domain category | : | narcotic, |
| definition | : | a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction (noun.artifact) |
2. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | t.b., tb, tuberculosis, |
| definition | : | infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages) (noun.state) |
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