Definitions | withdrawal |
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- Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
- A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
- A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is addicted is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier: e.g. <em>heroin withdrawal</em> or <em>nicotine withdrawal</em>.
- An act of withdrawing.
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