Alcohol Dependence - Alcohol Dependence

Japanese: アルコール依存 - あるこーるいぞん
Alcohol Dependence - Alcohol Dependence

...However, the latter only applies to acute poisoning.
[Alcoholism and Alcohol Dependence]
Poisoning from ethyl alcohol can be divided into acute and chronic poisoning, but the term chronic poisoning is gradually falling out of use in recent years. This is because when ethyl alcohol contained in alcoholic beverages is consumed continuously, and the amount exceeds the normal amount, or abnormal consumption is repeated ("alcohol abuse"), a state occurs in which it becomes impossible to stop drinking alcoholic beverages, but this is thought to be caused by a biological change different from that in acute poisoning, and so the term "dependence" has been proposed by a WHO expert committee to distinguish it from toxic symptoms.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "alcohol dependence" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,後者では急性中毒のみが対象となる。
[アルコール中毒とアルコール依存]
 エチルアルコールによる中毒は急性中毒と慢性中毒に分けられるが,最近では慢性中毒という用語はしだいに用いられなくなる傾向にある。それは,酒類に含まれるエチルアルコールを持続的に飲用し,その常用量を超えたり,異常な飲用を繰り返すに至ると(〈アルコール乱用〉),酒類の飲用を中止できなくなる状態になるが,それは急性中毒とは違った生体変化によると考えられるので,中毒症状とは区別して〈依存〉と呼ぶことがWHO専門委員会で提唱されたことに基づく。…

※「アルコール依存」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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