withdrawal symptom

1. 1.

   any physical or psychological disturbance (as sweating or depression) experienced by a drug addict when deprived of the drug

   Broadersymptom

Questions about withdrawal symptom

What does withdrawal symptom mean?

withdrawal symptom means "any physical or psychological disturbance (as sweating or depression) experienced by a drug addict when deprived of the drug".

Is withdrawal symptom a common word?

withdrawal symptom is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.