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Drug dependence |
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Drug dependence - replaced the term "drug addiction" and is defined as a state, psychic and sometimes also physical, resulting from the interaction between a living organism and a drug, characterized by behavioral and other responses that always include a compulsion to take the drug on a continuous or periodic basis in order to experience its psychic effects, and sometimes to avoid the discomfort of its absence. Tolerance may or may not be present. A person may be dependent on more than one drug. (NCI) |
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/191816009 |
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Drug dependence - replaced the term "drug addiction" and is defined as a state, psychic and sometimes also physical, resulting from the interaction between a living organism and a drug, characterized by behavioral and other responses that always include a compulsion to take the drug on a continuous or periodic basis in order to experience its psychic effects, and sometimes to avoid the discomfort of its absence. Tolerance may or may not be present. A person may be dependent on more than one drug. (NCI) |
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UMLS:C1510472 |
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Drug dependence (disorder) |
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SNOMEDCT_US:191816009 |
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Drug dependence |
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SNOMEDCT_US:191816009 |
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Drug dependence |
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SNOMEDCT_US: 2021/01/06 |
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