What's the difference between onanism and withdrawal?

Onanism


Definition:

  • (n.) Self-pollution; masturbation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) All that Charley-on-Charley action took onanism and narcissism to a new level.
  • (2) In the 18th century, semen conservation theory reentered Western medicine through Tissot's Treatise on the Diseases Produced by Onanism.
  • (3) These conceptions and their cultural influences incidentally inform us about one of the origins of the reprobation of onanism, as well as one possible way, among many others, for traditional thinking to explain the clinical enigma of depressive syndrome.
  • (4) This painting acknowledges its creator’s seamy mind, sleazy fantasies and onanism.
  • (5) Some of these gaps can be filled by consumer onanism and by psychic palliatives such as Facebook and Twitter .
  • (6) Luckily, Louie is fuh-ny, mixing truly filthy humour – the highest onanism-gag-per-second ratio since The Contest episode of Seinfeld – with almost family-friendly fare.
  • (7) The conformation described here is very similar to that found for the related drug carminomycin I (Wani, M.C., Taylor, H.L., Wall, M.E., McPhaill, A.T. and Onan, K.D.
  • (8) A model for myoblast fusion is presented that is based onan interpretation of these observations.
  • (9) The enlightened William Charles Hood in 1862 listed among the causes of insanity Fright, Jealousy, Sudden Prosperity, Coup de Soleil and Onanism.

Withdrawal


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Mice also had a decreased ability to develop delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions while being given cadmium; this abnormality also returned toward normal after withdrawal of cadmium.
  • (2) They insist this is the best way of ensuring the country does not descend into chaos before the final withdrawal of combat troops.
  • (3) When AMT administration was discontinued 40 hrs before precipitation of withdrawal the withdrawal pattern occurred with unchanged intensity.
  • (4) The clinical course was observed in 50 patients while the remaining 10 were hospitalized and submitted to esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy and colonoscopy both before and after treatment for withdrawal of duodenal secretion and fragments of duodenojejunal and colonic mucosa biopsies.
  • (5) In the total sample, PEI factors and negative nominations were more stable than positive nominations, and PEI Aggression and Withdrawal scores were more stable than negative nominations.
  • (6) The model identified the following important variables: sex (relative risk (rr) = 2.4), beta-blocker withdrawal (rr = 2.1), performance on exercise test and digitalis treatment (rr = 2.3, P less than 0.05).
  • (7) Obvious restitution of the thymic medulla was evident about 14 days after withdrawal of FK506.
  • (8) Sleep alterations in addicted newborns could be related to central nervous system (CNS) distress caused by withdrawal.
  • (9) "I did so in protest at using unethical ways to make unjust allegations, therefore I hereby withdraw my complaint against this artist."
  • (10) However, there has been a need for a way to measure withdrawal behavior quantitatively over time.
  • (11) Twelve weeks after withdrawal heart rate and blood pressure responses to mental stress were normalized.
  • (12) Scores on the "dependent smoking" subscale of the smoking motivation questionnaire correlated significantly with overall withdrawal severity, craving, and increased irritability.
  • (13) Withdrawal of the drug and application of all-trans retinoic acid ointment resulted in resolving of the keratinisation.
  • (14) In 227 smokers' clinic clients who managed at least one week of abstinence, ratings of withdrawal symptoms were used to predict subsequent return to smoking.
  • (15) Side effects of carbenoxolone therapy were observed, but they did not necessitate withdrawal of the drug and were readily controlled in every instance.
  • (16) The maximal density of [3H] 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n- propylamino)tetralin [( 3H] 8-OH-DPAT) binding (Bmax) to 5-HT1a receptors was decreased by 25 and 17% in the hippocampus during chronic ethanol intoxication and withdrawal, respectively.
  • (17) The whole body withdrawal reaction of freshwater snail Planorbarius corneus consists of two phases.
  • (18) Furthermore, patients with alcohol-related atrial fibrillation were significantly more likely to manifest alcohol withdrawal syndrome than were other inpatients with heavy alcohol use.
  • (19) Withdrawal from long-term treatment with benzodiazepines was followed in three patients by a severe delusional depression.
  • (20) A similar increase in HDL-cholesterol was observed in the E2 + NETA group, following withdrawal.

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