methadone

[US]/'meθədəʊn/
[UK]/'mɛθə'don/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. metadona (um tipo de sedativo)
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

methadone maintenance treatment

tratamento de manutenção com metadona

Example Sentences

The Canadian researchers randomly assigned about half of the addicts to receive methadone and the other half to receive daily injections of diacetylmorphine, the active ingredient in heroin.

Os pesquisadores canadenses atribuíram aleatoriamente cerca de metade dos viciados a receber metadona e o outro grupo a receber injeções diárias de diacetilmorfin, o ingrediente ativo da heroína.

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