What is the difference between alcoholism and dipsomania?

Alcoholism is an addiction or a dependency on alcohol. The word alcoholism comes from the Modern Latin word alcoholismus, which was coined in the mid-1800s by Magnus Huss, a professor of medicine in Sweden. However, Huss used the word to describe an illness that is called alcohol poisoning, today. read more

Alcoholism. vs. Dipsomania. Both are mistaken as being synonymous, but the difference I feel like is best explained by their histories, like any other thing or person – it’s where they were born and in what culture they were immersed in. read more

Alcoholism vs dipsomania Alcoholism is an addiction or a dependency on alcohol. The word alcoholism comes from the Modern Latin word alcoholismus, which was coined in the mid-1800s by Magnus Huss, a professor of medicine in Sweden. read more

Dipsomania was an older version of all calling someone an Alcoholic because they had an uncontainable urge to drink alcohol based products. It's just fallen out of use in the modern world like many"mania" wordings have. read more