methadone

See also: méthadone

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛθədoʊn/

Noun

methadone (countable and uncountable, plural methadones)

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

Translations

synthetic opioid analgesic

Czech: metadon (cs)
Esperanto: metadono
Finnish: metadoni (fi)
French: méthadone (fr) f

German: Methadon
Ido: metadono (io)
Spanish: metadona f
Swedish: metadon n

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