DT

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome

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The plural DTs, short for delirium tremens, refers to severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms including tremors and hallucinations: He got the DTs after trying to quit cold turkey.

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  • thisDemonstrative for nearness

that · these · those · my · your · his · her · its · our · their

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Noun-introducing word class

noun phrase · article · demonstrative · possessive · quantifier · specifier · tree diagram · constituent · morpheme · grammatical category

abbreviation

downtown

Central business district

double time · drive train · daylight time · development team

Categories
Opposites
severity of withdrawal

DTthe shakes

Involuntary bodily trembling

slight tremor · alcohol flush

sobriety state

DTsobriety

Unimpaired mental state

teetotalism · abstinence · temperance · recovered · on the wagon

mental clarity

DTlucidity

Clearness of mind

clear-headedness · mental clarity · sound mind · coherence · presence of mind

Family

delirium tremens

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