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alcoholic | American Dictionary

alcoholic
noun[ C ]
us/ˌæl·kəˈhɔ·lɪk, -ˈhɑl·ɪk/
a person who is unable to give up the habit of drinking too much alcohol

alcoholic

adjectiveus/ˌæl·kəˈhɔ·lɪk, -ˈhɑl·ɪk/
alcoholic content

Examples of alcoholic

alcoholic
Few previous studies have examined potential protective factors among children of alcoholics, making comparisons with previous studies difficult.
Because of concerns about the accuracy of alcoholic fathers' reports of their children, maternal reports of child behavior were used for all analyses.
Fewer studies have focused on younger children of alcoholics.
No discrepancies have been found in incomes between young male alcoholics and nonalcoholics.
One key term here is ' alcoholic ' and people are regularly described as being alcoholics or on the road to becoming one.
Alcohol-related skeletal muscle myopathy affects more than 2000 subjects per 100 000 population and, in its chronic form, affects 40-60% of alcoholics.
Accordingly, parent-infant interactions among alcoholic families may vary as a function of several comorbid disorders and associated family characteristics.
A cluster analysis was carried out to identify alcoholic subtypes.
Coping with stress in a family with an alcoholic parent.
On three separate items, subjects report frequency of alcohol use in the past 30 days for each of the three different types of alcoholic beverages.
He turned his attention to problems of alcoholic fermentation.
We do indeed want alcoholics (and cancer patients and those with high blood pressure) to take responsibility for their illness and its treatment.
Infants of alcoholic fathers would in turn display lower responsiveness and higher negative affect during interactions.
By using these techniques with children of alcoholics, child resilience can be maximized.
This is clearly the case with families with alcoholic fathers.
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