loading...| Preferred Name |
Drug Dependence |
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| Synonyms |
Chemical Dependence Drug Dependence |
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| Definitions |
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. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C3894 |
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| code |
C3894 |
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| DEFINITION |
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. |
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| FULL_SYN |
Chemical Dependence Drug Dependence |
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| label |
Drug Dependence |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Drug_Dependence |
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| Preferred_Name |
Drug Dependence |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C3894 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C1510472 |
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| subClassOf |