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Meaning of "methadon" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF METHADON

methadon  [ˈmeθəˌdɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF METHADON

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Methadon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES METHADON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Methadone

Methadone is a synthetic opioid. It is used medically as an analgesic and a maintenance anti-addictive and reductive preparation for use by patients with opioid dependence. It was developed in Germany in 1937, mainly because Germany required a reliable internal source of opioids. Because it is an acyclic analog of morphine or heroin, methadone acts on the same opioid receptors as these drugs, and thus has many of the same effects. Methadone is also used in managing severe chronic pain, owing to its long duration of action, strong analgesic effect, and very low cost. Methadone was introduced into the United States in 1947 by Eli Lilly and Company. Abuse of methadone results in about 5,000 overdose deaths per year in the United States. Methadone is listed under Schedule I of the Single Convention On Narcotic Drugs 1961 and is regulated in the same basic fashion as morphine in most countries as a result. In the United States, it is a Schedule II Narcotic controlled substance with an ACSCN of 9250 and a 2013 annual aggregate manufacturing quota of 25 metric tons, down from just under 30 in 2012.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH METHADON


celadon
ˈsɛləˌdɒn
chaetodon
ˈkiːtəʊˌdɒn
diprotodon
daɪˈprəʊtəʊˌdɒn
Euroclydon
jʊˈrɒklɪˌdɒn
iguanodon
ɪˈɡwɑːnəˌdɒn
Laomedon
leɪˈɒmɪˌdɒn
Macedon
ˈmæsɪˌdɒn
mastodon
ˈmæstəˌdɒn
megalodon
ˈmɛɡələʊˌdɒn
Mogadon
ˈmɒɡəˌdɒn
mylodon
ˈmaɪləˌdɒn
Myrmidon
ˈmɜːmɪˌdɒn
pteranodon
teˈrænəˌdɒn
smilodon
ˈsmɪləˌdɒn
sphenodon
ˈsfiːnəˌdɒn
stegodon
ˈstɛɡəˌdɒn
Telidon
ˈtɛlɪˌdɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE METHADON

meth
Meth.
methacrylate
methacrylate resin
methacrylic acid
methadone
methaemoglobin
methamphetamine
methanal
methanation
methane
methane series
methanoic acid
methanol
methanometer
methaqualone
methedrine
metheglin
methemoglobin
methenamine

WORDS THAT END LIKE METHADON

abandon
Abingdon
Armageddon
clarendon
cordon
Croydon
East London
Gordon
Greater London
Huntingdon
I beg your pardon
London
pardon
Poseidon
radon
Sarandon
Swindon
tendon
udon
Wimbledon

Synonyms and antonyms of methadon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «methadon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF METHADON

Find out the translation of methadon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of methadon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «methadon» in English.

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美沙酮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

methadon
570 millions of speakers

English

methadon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

methadon
380 millions of speakers
ar

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methadon
280 millions of speakers

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methadon
278 millions of speakers

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Methadon
270 millions of speakers

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methadon
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

méthadone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Methadon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Methadon
180 millions of speakers

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methadon
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

methadon
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Methadon
85 millions of speakers
vi

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methadon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

methadon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेथाडॉन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Methadon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Methadon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Methadon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

methadon
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Methadon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

methadon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

methadon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Metadon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

methadon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of methadon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «METHADON»

The term «methadon» is regularly used and occupies the 98.888 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «METHADON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about methadon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METHADON»

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Handboek Psychopathologie.
In het algemeen wordt de patiënt verwezen naar de verslavingszorg voor detoxificatie. Zodra detoxificatie van opiaten noodzakelijk is wordt overgegaan op het gebruik van methadon, gevolgd door geleidelijke afbouw. Een verwijzing naar de ...
C. a. L. Hoogduin, W. Vandereycken, P. M. G. Emmelkamp, 2011
2
LIFE
A WOMAN PATIENT WHO WAS IN SEVERE PAIN (LEFT) IS COMPLETELY RELIEVED A FEW MINUTES AFTER SHE HAS RECEIVED AN INJECTION OF METHADON SOLUTION (RIGHT) ...
3
Synthetische Droge: Methadon, Ketamin, Dextromethorphan, ...
Dieser Inhalt ist eine Zusammensetzung von Artikeln aus der frei verfugbaren Wikipedia-Enzyklopadie.
Quelle Wikipedia, 2013
4
Handboek Voor de Behandeling Van Alcoholverslaving
volgens de Federal Register's richtlijnen voor het gebruik van methadon (1989). Cliënten kwamen in aanmerking om de methadon na negentig dagen thuis in te nemen, mits zij zich aan de regels en procedures van het programma hielden.
Robert J. Meyers, J. E. Smith, 2012
5
Diary of A City Priest
Back in the car he talked another game plan: perhaps he would go back into methadon treatment if one of his two former methadon centers would take him back, despite his unpaid bills there. So here we are with two very different plans: trying ...
John P. McNamee, 1995
6
Glaube und Denken: Jahrbuch der Karl-Heim-Gesellschaft
Im Heroin- Ast der kanadischen Studie blieben 95% der Suchtkranken in der Therapie, bei Methadon-Substitution 54%. Auch der "Beikonsum" illegaler Substanzen war im Heroin-Ast deutlich geringer als bei Methadon-Substitution. Dennoch ...
Martin Rothgangel, Ulrich Beuttler, 2010
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The Immortal Count: The Life and Films of Bela Lugosi
He explained that his drug habit began when a doctor injected him with morphine to alleviate his sciatic pains and that he learned about methadon in England later : “I used it instead of morphine. When I switched to methadon I injected two ...
Arthur Lennig, 2013
8
Occult ABC
Pharmacists, for instance, have developed the drug called methadon. This drug causes addicts to lose their appetite for other drugs. The addict becomes addicted to methadon, but methadon addicts are fit to work. It is not a cure, but a means ...
Kurt E. Koch
9
Krachten En Kansen.
In plaats van afkickmiddel werd methadon een contactmiddel en een middel om de situatie te stabiliseren. Door het zo gelegde contact konden de verslaafden gemotiveerd worden om af te kicken. Bovendien maakte het contact medische ...
M. Van Der Weijde-Van Der Helm, L. Joanknecht, S. Spinder, 2008
10
Between Prohibition and Legalization: The Dutch Experiment ...
Jaaroverzicht van de Centrale Methadon Registratie. Amsterdam: Gemeentelijke Geneeskundige en Gezondheidsdienst Amsterdam, Stafbureau Epidemiologie en Documentatie, 1990 Jaarverslag 1991 van de Geneeskundig Inspecteur bij ...
Ed Leuw, Ineke Haen Marshall, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METHADON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term methadon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ehemaliger Gefängnispsychiater vor Gericht: Methadon nach …
Er soll im August 2007 einem Häftling die Heroin-Ersatzdroge Methadon verschrieben haben, ohne diesen zuvor untersucht zu haben. «Luxemburger Wort, May 15»
2
Better Call Saul: Stationen eines moralischen Abstiegs
Methadon für Breaking Bad Fans: Der aus der Erfolgsserie bekannte Anwalt Saul Goodman ist inzwischen in einer eigenen TV-Produktion zu ... «Legal Tribune ONLINE, Mar 15»
3
Bis zu 30 Gramm legal: Die Grünen haben ihr Cannabis-Gesetz …
... durch den Bundesrat gewunken, um die noch unter Kohl beschlossene Methadon-Vergabe nicht zu gefährden, die auch Teil des Pakets war. «VICE.com, Mar 15»
4
Drug Overdose Deaths Have More Than Doubled in U.S.: CDC
Deaths from drug poisoning linked to opioid analgesics (such as morphine, oxycodone and methadon) and heroin have jumped to 41,502 in ... «NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Dec 14»
5
Peaches Geldof 'was a heroin addict'
The mother-of-two, who tragically died at the age of 25 in April, had been taking substitute drug methadone in the two-and-a-half years before ... «Dalje.com, Jul 14»
6
Serious case review into horrific death of Hull toddler Riley Lewis
Blood and urine tests showed she had taken diazepam, temazepam, nitrazepam, heroin, cocaine and cannabis, along with methadon, ... «Hull Daily Mail, Jul 14»
7
Hull mum Kerry Abel jailed for three years for manslaughter of …
Blood and urine tests showed she had taken diazepam, temazepam, nitrazepam, heroin, cocaine and cannabis, along with methadon, ... «Hull Daily Mail, Jul 14»
8
Star Grocery store robbed in Nelson
the cops have to be incredibly smart or incredibly Stupid ! because i see and know 2 people that are sitting in front of methadon monday ... «Nelson Star, May 14»
9
Heroin special report: Counterattacking the epidemic in Rockford …
Rosecrance Health Network, substance abuse treatment: 815-391-1000; rosecrance.org. - Remedies Renewing Lives, methadon... » Read ... «Rockford Register Star, Mar 14»
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Vleesetende drug 'krokodil' verovert Europa: nieuwsmedia als …
... als vervanging is er methadon. Toch blijft de journalistieke rookmelder afgaan bij signalen van krokodilgebruik buiten de Russische grenzen. «Nieuwe Reporter, Dec 13»

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