Heroinomaniac

Quick meaning: Heroinomaniac is a noun meaning A heroin addict.

Meaning

A heroin addict.

Example Sentences

Heroin is more and more frequently used as a substitute for morphine, and there are now almost as many heroinomaniacs as morphinomaniacs.

Eycmans, Fr., suggests that heroinomaniacs may soon add to the army of neurotics, and cautions pharmacists as to the sale of these dangerous medicaments.

At the Sing-Sing Prison in New York, for instance, it is estimated that, of the number of prisoners addicted to narcotics, at least 75 per cent are heroinomaniacs.

[…]the substance is exported on a large scale to foreign countries purely for euphoric purposes, and the deprivative cure is accompanied in physically enfeebled heroinomaniacs by grave symptoms.

Word Forms

• heroinomaniacs

Synonyms for heroinomaniac

Depending on context, synonyms include heroinist.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include heroinomania, morphinomaniac, heroinism, cocainomaniac, cocainomania, narcomaniac.

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