dope sickness

noun

Illness due to withdrawal from opiates.

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Meanings

noundope sickness (usually uncountable, plural dope sicknesses)

plural dope sicknesses · alternative dopesickness

  1. slanguncountableusuallyIllness due to withdrawal from opiates.

Origin

From dope sick + -ness.

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APA

dope sickness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dope%20sickness

MLA

“dope sickness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dope%20sickness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dope sickness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dope%20sickness.

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