Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heroinomania

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hero-ino-ma-nia
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Heroin addiction.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He points out, however, that to obviate inurement care should be exercised to exclude insufficient doses or such as might give rise to heroinomania."
"In more recent times, however, heroin has appeared, with the resultant heroinomania."
"In recent years Western society has witnessed an outburst of toxicomanias: heroin toxicomania or heroinomania, Cannabis (marijuana and hashish) toxicomania, and most recently methaqualone (Quaalude, Sopors) tox-"

Etymology

From heroin + -o- + -mania.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: heroin
Suffix: -o-

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

heroinomaniac

Synonyms

heroinism

Questions

What does heroinomania mean?: Heroin addiction.
Where does heroinomania come from?: From heroin + -o- + -mania.

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