Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medication-assisted treatment

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: med-i-ca-tion-as-sist-ed treat-ment
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

27

Letters

8

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Treatment of drug addiction by means of a replacement drug / medication

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From medication + assisted + treatment.

Usage

Inflected Forms

medication-assisted treatments (plural) medication assisted treatment (alternative)

Derived Forms

MAT

Synonyms

MAT

Questions

What does medication-assisted treatment mean?: Treatment of drug addiction by means of a replacement drug / medication
Where does medication-assisted treatment come from?: From medication + assisted + treatment.

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