narcomania

narcomania
narcomaniac /nahr'keuh may"nee ak'/, n.narcomaniacal /nahr'koh meuh nuy"euh keuhl/, adj.
/nahr'keuh may"nee euh/, n.
Psychiatry. abnormal craving for a drug to deaden pain.
[1885-90; NARCO- + -MANIA]

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