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delirium tremens
: a violent
delirium
(
temporary
state
of extreme mental excitement,
marked
by restlessness, confused
speech
and
hallucinations
) resulting chiefly from excessive drinking of alcoholic liquor and characterized by sweating, trembling,
anxiety
and frightening
hallucinations
.
Delirium tremens
comes from
Latin
, and means literally "trembling
delirium
."
—
DMSMH
Glossary (app. 14.7.90)