Medical Dictionary
cold turkey
noun cold tur·key \-ˈtər-kē\
Medical Definition of COLD TURKEY
: abrupt complete cessation of the use of an addictive drug; also : the symptoms experienced by one undergoing withdrawal from a drug
—cold turkey adverb or transitive verb
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