methadone

See also: méthadone

English

Chemical structure of methadone

Etymology

From (di)meth(yl)a(mino) +‎ d(iphenyl) +‎ (heptan)one.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛθ.əd.əʊn/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛθ.əˌdoʊn/

Noun

methadone (countable and uncountable, plural methadones)

(pharmacology) A powerful synthetic analgesic drug which is similar to morphine in its effects but less sedative and is used as a substitute drug in the treatment of morphine and heroin addiction.
Synonym: amidone

Translations

synthetic opioid analgesic

Chinese:
Cantonese: 美沙酮 (mei⁵ saa¹ tung⁴)

Mandarin: 美沙酮 (zh) (měishātóng), 美沙冬 (měishādōng)
Czech: metadon (cs)
Esperanto: metadono
Finnish: metadoni (fi)
French: méthadone (fr) f
German: Methadon
Ido: metadono (io)
Kazakh: метадон (metadon)
Macedonian: метадон m (metadon)
Polish: metadon (pl) m
Spanish: metadona f
Swedish: metadon n
Turkish: metadon

References

“methadone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“methadone”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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