delirium tremens

短语

[医] 震颤性谵妄

发音

UK /dɪˈlɪ.ɹi.əm ˈtriː.mɛnz/

别名

del. trem. DT

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A severe, potentially life-threatening form of alcohol withdrawal characterized by the abrupt onset of global confusion, autonomic hyperactivity, and profound neuropsychiatric disturbances.

    不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

DTs

上位词 1

psychosis

词源

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

来源：wiktionary