Poisoning. Poisonings . Intoxication . A condition or physical state produced by the ingestion, injection, inhalation of or exposure to a deleterious agent. . 1.00
Alcoholic Intoxication. Drunkennesses . Intoxication, Alcoholic . Drunkenness . An acute brain syndrome which results from the excessive ingestion of ETHANOL or ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. . 0.67
Alcoholism. Alcohol Addiction . Alcohol Dependence . Alcohol Use Disorder . Abuse, Alcohol . Addiction, Alcohol . Alcohol Use Disorders . Chronic Alcoholic Intoxication . Dependence, Alcohol . Intoxication, Chronic Alcoholic . Use Disorder, Alcohol . Use Disorders, Alcohol . Alcohol Abuse . Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic . A primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial. Each of these symptoms may be continuous or periodic. (Morse & Flavin for the Joint Commission of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the American Society of Addiction Medicine to Study the Definition and Criteria for the Diagnosis of Alcoholism: in JAMA 1992;268:1012-4) . 0.58
