'methadone' definitions:
Definition of 'methadone'
(from WordNet)
noun
Synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit- forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction [syn: methadone, methadone hydrochloride, methadon, dolophine hydrochloride, fixer, synthetic heroin]
Definition of 'methadone'
From: GCIDE
- methadon \methadon\, methadone \methadone\n. a narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in treating heroin addiction.
- Syn: methadone hydrochloride. [WordNet 1.5]