substance abuse

English

Noun

substance abuse (uncountable)

1. (medicine) An overindulgence in and dependence on a drug or other chemical.

   Synonyms: drug abuse, drug use

Translations

overindulgence in a drug

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 物質濫用／物质滥用 (wùzhì lànyòng), 濫用藥物／滥用药物 (lànyòng yàowù), ("to take [illicit] drugs") 吸毒 (zh) (xīdú)

• Czech: zneužívání návykových látek
• Danish: stofmisbrug n
• Dutch: drugsmisbruik (nl) n
• Estonian: narkomaania
• Finnish: huumaavien aineiden väärinkäyttö (fi)
• French: abus de drogues m
• Galician: abuso de substancias m
• German: Drogenmissbrauch (de) m
• Japanese: 薬物乱用 (やくぶつらんよう, yakubutsu ran'yō)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rusmiddelmisbruk m or n, rusmisbruk (no) n

• Portuguese: abuso de substância/substâncias m
• Russian: злоупотребле́ние нарко́тиками n (zloupotreblénije narkótikami)
• Sotho: hlekefetso ya dithethefatse
• Spanish: abuso de sustancias
• Swedish: substansmissbruk
• Turkish: madde bağımlılığı