Withdrawal (redirected from Withdrawl)

withdrawal /with·draw·al/ (with-drawl´)

1. pathological retreat from interpersonal contact and social involvement.

2. substance w.

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substance withdrawal  a substance-specific mental disorder that follows the cessation of use or reduction in intake of a psychoactive substance that had been regularly used to induce a state of intoxication.

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with·draw·al (w-drôl, wth-)

n.

1. Detachment, as from social or emotional involvement.

2. Discontinuation of the use of an addictive substance.

3. The physiological and mental readjustment that accompanies such discontinuation.

4. A pattern of behavior, observed in schizophrenia and depression, that is characterized by a pathological retreat from interpersonal contact and social involvement and that leads to self-preoccupation.

5. Coitus interruptus.

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Withdrawal

Those side effects experienced by a person who has become physically dependent on a substance, upon decreasing the substance's dosage or discontinuing its use.

Mentioned in: Addiction, Substance Abuse and Dependence

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withdrawal (abstinence) syndrome,

n the somatic and psychosomatic symptoms recognizable after the abrupt termination of regular drug or other substance use. The types of symptoms are specific to the type of the withdrawn substance.

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withdrawal

pharmaceutically speaking, cessation of treatment with a particular drug.

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withdrawal reflex

see flexor reflex.

withdrawal time

time interval after cessation of treatment before the animal or any of its products can be used as human food. Based on determination of the time interval required for tissue levels of the substance to fall below critical levels as decreed by legislation. Called also withholding period.