withdrawal symptom

noun

Any of a wide range of symptoms associated with the discontinuance of a drug by an addicted individual, or the medically controlled discontinuance by a patient of a prescribed drug.

Similar
drug withdrawal
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Meanings

nounwithdrawal symptom (plural withdrawal symptoms)

plural withdrawal symptoms

  1. especiallyin pluralmedicineAny of a wide range of symptoms associated with the discontinuance of a drug by an addicted individual, or the medically controlled discontinuance by a patient of a prescribed drug.

    Synonyms: drug withdrawal

  2. medicineAny of a wide range of symptoms associated with the discontinuance of certain foods, beverages, or other nondrug substances.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of a wide range of symptoms associated with the discontinuance of a drug by an addicted individual, or the medically controlled discontinuance by a patient of a prescribed drug.

Similar
drug withdrawal
Also see
drug withdrawal

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 退癮症狀 /退瘾症状, 戒斷症狀 /戒断症状
  • 退癮症狀 /退瘾症状 (tuìyǐn zhèngzhuàng)symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • 戒斷症狀 /戒断症状 (jièduàn zhèngzhuàng)symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • 停藥症狀 /停药症状 (tíngyào zhèngzhuàng)symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
Czech absťák
  • absťáksymptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
Finnish vieroitusoire
  • vieroitusoiresymptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
French symptôme de sevrage
  • symptôme de sevragesymptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
German Entzugserscheinung
  • Entzugserscheinungsymptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
Greek σύνδρομο αποστέρησης
  • σύνδρομο αποστέρησης (sýndromo apostérisis)symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
Hungarian elvonási tünetek
  • elvonási tüneteksymptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
Polish objaw odstawienia
  • objaw odstawieniasymptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
Russian абстинентный синдром, ломка
  • абстинентный синдром (abstinentnyj sindrom)symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • ломка (lomka)symptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
Spanish síndrome de abstinencia, mono
  • síndrome de abstinenciasymptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • monosymptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
Swedish abstinens, abstinensbesvär
  • abstinenssymptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
  • abstinensbesvärsymptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
Turkish yoksunluk sendromu
  • yoksunluk sendromusymptom associated with the discontinuance of a drug
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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