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methadone

methadone

See also: méthadone

English

Noun

methadone ‎(uncountable)

(chemistry) A synthetic opioid analgesic, used to wean addicts off of heroin or other opiate based narcotics, and in chronic pain management.

Translations

synthetic opioid analgesic

Czech: metadon
Esperanto: metadono
French: méthadone (fr) f
German: Methadon
Ido: metadono (io)

Spanish: metadona f
Swedish: metadon n