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A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | © A Dictionary of Nursing 2008, originally published by Oxford University Press 2008. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

cocainism (koh-kayn-izm) n. a now uncommon term for cocaine abuse: the habitual use of, or addiction to, cocaine in order to experience its intoxicating effects.

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