drug addict
21addict — v. & n. v.tr. & refl. (usu. foll. by to) devote or apply habitually or compulsively; make addicted. n. 1 a person addicted to a habit, esp. one dependent on a (specified) drug (drug addict; heroin addict). 2 colloq. an enthusiastic devotee of a… …
22addict — n. a confirmed; drug addict * * * [ ædɪkt] drug addict a confirmed …
23addict — n 1.Inf. fiend, Inf. hound, Sl. freak, Sl. nut, Sl. demon, Sl. bug; drug addict, drug abuser, drug user, Inf. user, Inf. junkie, Sl. hophead, Sl. dopefiend, Sl. dopenick, Sl. doper, Sl. mainliner, Sl. druggie, Sl. drughead; Sl. head, Sl. pothead; …
24addict — [[t]æ̱dɪkt[/t]] addicts 1) N COUNT: oft supp N An addict is someone who takes harmful drugs and cannot stop taking them. He s only 24 years old and a drug addict. 2) N COUNT: usu supp N If you say that someone is an addict, you mean that they… …
25drug — drug1 [ drʌg ] noun count *** 1. ) an illegal substance that affects someone physically or mentally when they take it (=put it into their body): take/use drugs: She had never taken drugs in her life. be on drugs (=take drugs regularly): He acted… …
26drug*/*/*/ — [drʌg] noun [C] I 1) an illegal substance that affects someone physically or mentally when they put it into their body drug smuggling[/ex] a drug addict (= someone who cannot stop using illegal drugs)[/ex] She had never taken drugs in her… …
27addict — noun 1) stealing money for your next high, just like the addicts out in the street a barbiturate addict Syn: abuser, user, drug addict; informal junkie, druggie, head, freak, pill popper, dope fiend 2) informal skiing addicts Syn …
28addict — n. /ad ikt/; v. /euh dikt /, n. 1. a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict. v.t. 2. to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic. 3. to… …
29Drug rehabilitation — Intervention ICD 9 CM 94.64 Drug rehabilitation (often drug rehab or just rehab) is a term for the processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so… …
30Drug detoxification — (often shortened to detox ) is a collective of interventions directed at controlling acute drug intoxication and drug withdrawal. It refers to a purging from the body of the substances to which a patient is addicted and acutely under the… …
