( BrE ) ( US D.T.'s ) / ˌdiː ˈtiːz; NAmE / noun
[ pl. ] a physical condition in which people who drink too much alcohol feel their body shaking and imagine that they are seeing things that are not really there (abbreviation for 'delirium tremens')
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: abbreviation, originally in the singular form DT (now rare).