Alcoholicity

[Fr. alcohol.] The condition of containing alcohol; the quality of being alcoholic; the the degree of alcoholic strength, as, the A. of a beverage. Alcoholism, n. A term applied to the series of morbid phenomena arising from the use of alcoholic liquors. These differ if the trouble is due to a large quantity taken at one time, or to smaller quantities taken habitually, the former being termed Acute, the latter Chronic Alcoholism. Acute A. includes rapid catarrh of the alimentary mucous membrane, swift coma, and some cases of delirium tremens and of acute insanity. Chronic A. yields prolonged congestions, most cases of delirium tremens, ti ue degeneration in the various organs, and other disorders. Alcoide'æ, n. pl. ( Ornith.) A species of marine birds, which embraces the loon and auk families.