Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
heroin dependence
her·o·in de·pend·ence
Subclass of:
Opioid-Related Disorders
Definitions related to heroin dependence:
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(heroin addiction) Addiction to heroin.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Physical and psychological dependence on the drug heroin.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Strong dependence or addiction, both physiological and emotional, upon HEROIN.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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