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Adolophine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Apocryphal former name for the drug methadone.

Word forms

Adolophine

Etymology

From the drug's trade name Dolophine (itself from Latin dolor, pain), by confusion with the name of Adolf Hitler. (The drug was developed in Nazi Germany.)

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