oholic

An artificial root form that may be attached as a suffix to virtually any substance or activity associated with a real—e.g., alcoholic—or perceived—e.g., chocoholic—addiction, intense craving, passion or obsession
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Indeed, part of this increased risk depended on the alcoholic proband also being a habitual smoker--that is, siblings of smoking alc oholic probands were at higher risks of smoking themselves than were siblings of nonsmoking alcoholic probands, indicating in part a specific familial transmission of habitual smoking.
Co-Occurring Risk Factors for Alcohol Dependence and Habitual Smoking
In several studies, among alc oholics and patients with HCV infection, obesity favoured fibrosis.2
Association of steatosis with histopathological grading and staging of liver biopsies in hepatitis C patients
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