Cacoethes: alternatives and connections

A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.

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A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholis…

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A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility.

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Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to s…

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The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.

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An insane disposition to incendiarism.

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Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.

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A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ betwee…

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