DTs

DTs
noun
acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning
Syn: ↑delirium tremens
Hypernyms: ↑psychosis

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plural n. usu. the DTs informal delirium tremens
Origin:
mid 19th cent.: abbreviation, originally in the singular form DT (now rare)

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DTs (BrE) (US D.T.'s) [ˌdiː ˈtiːz] [ˌdiː ˈtiːz] noun plural
the abbreviation for delirium tremens (a physical condition in which people who drink too much alcohol feel their body shaking and imagine that they are seeing things that are not really there)
 
Word Origin:
[DTs] mid 19th cent.: abbreviation, originally in the singular form DT (now rare).

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