delirium tremens

delirium tremens

English

Etymology

Latin dēlīrium tremēns (literally “trembling madness”), coined by Thomas Sutton in 1813.[1]

Noun

delirium tremens (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A psychosis of chronic alcoholism, usually due to alcohol withdrawal, which can be fatal. Symptoms include sweating, tremors, terrifying hallucinations, insomnia, restlessness, disorientation and anxiety.

   Synonyms: DT, (obsolete) phrenitis

Translations

psychosis of alcoholism

Czech: delirium tremens n Finnish: delirium tremens (fi), juoppohulluus (fi) German: Delirium tremens (de), Alkoholdelirium n Lithuanian: baltoji karštligė f Polish: biała gorączka (pl) f, delirium tremens (pl) n, delirka f Russian: белая горя́чка (ru) (belaja gorjáčka)

References

1. Thomas Sutton (1813) Tracts on Delirium Tremens, &c., London, page 3: “The name, therefore, which I have adopted, though possibly not the most appropriate, will serve to convey a notion of an essential symptom of the disease, and will be sufficiently explicit for my present purpose.”

Further reading

• delirium tremens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēlīrium tremēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈli.rjum ˈtrɛ.mɛns/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmɛns

Noun

delirium tremens n (indeclinable)

1. (pathology) delirium tremens

   Synonyms: biała gorączka, delirka

Related terms

adjective

• deliryczny

 

nouns

• delirium
• delirka
• deliryk

 

verb

• delirować

 

Further reading

• delirium tremens in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• delirium tremens in Polish dictionaries at PWN