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withdrawals

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with⋅draw⋅al

  [with-draw-uhl, -drawl, with-]
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–noun
1. Also, with⋅draw⋅ment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
2. Pharmacology. the act or process of ceasing to use an addictive drug.
3. coitus interruptus.
Origin:
1740–50; withdraw + -al 2
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with·draw·al   (wĭth-drô'əl, wĭth-)   
n.  

  1. The act or process of withdrawing, as:

    1. A retreat or retirement.

    2. Retreat of a military force in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat.

    3. Detachment, as from social or emotional involvement.

    4. A removal from a place or position of something that has been deposited.

    5. Discontinuation of the use of an addictive substance.

    6. The physiological and mental readjustment that accompanies such discontinuation.

    1. Discontinuation of the use of an addictive substance.

    2. The physiological and mental readjustment that accompanies such discontinuation.

  3. The act or an instance of retracting or revoking: feared the withdrawal of his parents' permission.

  4. Coitus interruptus.

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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: with·draw·al
Function: noun
1 : the act or fact of withdrawing <withdrawal from a conspiracy>
2 : removal of money from a place of deposit or investment withdrawal>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: with·draw·al
Pronunciation: -'dro(&-)l
Function: noun
1 a : a pathological retreat from objective reality (as in someschizophrenic states) b : social or emotional detachment
2 a : the discontinuance of administration or use of a drug b : the syndrome of oftenpainful physical and psychological symptoms that follows discontinuance of an addicting substance withdrawal>
3 : COITUS INTERRUPTUS
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

withdrawal with·draw·al (wĭ&phonth;-drô'əl, wĭth-)
n.

  1. Detachment, as from social or emotional involvement.

  2. Discontinuation of the use of an addictive substance.

  3. The physiological and mental readjustment that accompanies such discontinuation.

  4. A pattern of behavior, observed in schizophrenia and depression, that is characterized by a pathological retreat from interpersonal contact and social involvement and that leads to self-preoccupation.

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