| addiction | (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor), a surrender to a master, under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery |
gambling
gaming
play | the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize), his gambling cost him a fortune, there was heavy play at the blackjack table |
computer game
video game | a game played against a computer |
rampage
violent disorder | violently angry and destructive behavior |
| digital communications technology | the design and construction of communications technology that transmits information in digital form |
digital-analog converter
digital-to-analog converter | device for converting digital signals into analogue signals |
digital audiotape
DAT | a digital tape recording of sound |
| digital camera | a camera that encodes an image digitally and store it for later reproduction |
| digital clock | a clock that displays the time of day digitally |
| digital computer | a computer that represents information by numerical (binary) digits |
digital display
alphanumeric display | a display that gives the information in the form of characters (numbers or letters) |
| digital plethysmograph | plethysmograph applied to a digit of the hand or foot to measure skin blood flow |
digital subscriber line
DSL | a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds |
| digital voltmeter | an electronic voltmeter that gives readings in digits |
| digital watch | a watch with a digital display |
digitizer
digitiser
analog-digital converter
analog-to-digital converter | device for converting analogue signals into digital signals |
| display video display | an electronic device that represents information in visual form |
gambling house
gambling den
gambling hell
gaming house | a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business) |
| gaming card | one of a set of cards used in gambling games |
| gaming table | a table used for gambling, may be equipped with a gameboard and slots for chips |
| video iPod | (trademark) an iPod that can also play video files |
personal digital assistant
PDA
personal organizer
personal organiser
organizer
organiser | a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks, can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. |
scanner digital scanner
image scanner | an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer |
television equipment
video equipment | electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound |
video recording
video | a recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program) |
digital arteries
arteria digitalis | arteries in the hand and foot that supply the fingers and toes |
digital vein
vena digitalis | one of the veins serving the fingers or toes |
television
telecasting
TV
video | broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects, she is a star of screen and video, Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done - Ernie Kovacs |
video
picture | the visible part of a television transmission, they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone |
| video | (computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display |
digital communication
data communication | electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers) |
musical instrument digital interface
MIDI | a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers |
| addiction | an abnormally strong craving |
| digital photography | a photographic method that stores the image digitally for later reproduction |
| video digitizing | the process of capturing and converting and storing video images for use by a computer |
| disorder | a disturbance of the peace or of public order |
| immunological disorder | a disorder of the immune system |
sleep terror disorder
pavor nocturnus | a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare, they occur during NREM sleep |
| disorder upset | a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning, the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder, everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time |
| functional disorder | disorder showing symptoms for which no physiological or anatomical cause can be identified |
| organic disorder | disorder caused by a detectable physiological or structural change in an organ |
acute brain disorder
acute organic brain syndrome | any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection) |
| eating disorder | a disorder of the normal eating routine |
attention deficit disorder
ADD
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
ADHD
hyperkinetic syndrome
minimal brain dysfunction
minimal brain damage
MBD | a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders |
| bladder disorder | a disorder of the urinary bladder |
| degenerative disorder | condition leading to progressive loss of function |
glandular disease
gland disease
glandular disorder
adenosis | a disorder of the glands of the body |
learning disorder
learning disability | a disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skills |
addiction
dependence dependance dependency habituation | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) |
drug addiction
white plague | an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) |