Alcohol addiction and White plague

Alcohol addiction noun - Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms.

White plague and alcohol addiction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "White plague" instead a noun phrase "Alcohol addiction".

White plague noun - Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body.

Alcohol addiction and white plague are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Alcohol addiction" with "White plague", this phrases are similar.