Veisalgia

Quick meaning: Veisalgia is a noun meaning (medicine) The unpleasant after-effects of the consumption of alcohol; a hangover.

Meaning

(medicine) The unpleasant after-effects of the consumption of alcohol; a hangover.

Example Sentences

Patients with alcohol hangover or veisalgia (from the Norwegian kveis or "uneasiness following debauchery" and the Greek algia or "pain") suffer from fatigue, insomnia, diarrhea, headaches, dry mouth, malaise, and nausea in addition to autonomic hyperactivity (tremor, sweating, tachycardia, and hypertension)[…].

Ms. J may be caught in the vicious cycle of headache related to a hangover, drinking more to relieve the headache and tremor (perceived as anxiety), daytime sleeping, and using the alcohol to try and induce sleep at night. The tremulousness, which the patient experiences as anxiety, is also part of the veisalgia syndrome.

Synonyms for veisalgia

Depending on context, synonyms include hangover.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include notalgia, melalgia, hangover, hangxiety, adenalgia, omalgia.

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