veisalgia
Meaning
Noun
- The unpleasant after-effects of the consumption of alcohol; a hangover.
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Origin
- From Norwegian kveis ("uneasiness after debauchery") -algia (from New Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος ("pain")), coined as a medical term by Jeffrey G. Wiese, Michael G. Shlipak, and Warren S. Browner in a 2000 article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (see the quotation).
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