withdrawal

Definition

noun

a loss of interest in having contact with other people, which leads to a person becoming isolated
a period during which a person who has been addicted to a drug stops taking it and experiences unpleasant symptoms

"…she was in the early stages of physical withdrawal from heroin and showed classic symptoms: sweating, fever, sleeplessness and anxiety"[Nursing Times]

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white finger
Widal reaction
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» withdrawal
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X-ray
XYY syndrome
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