medication assisted treatment

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

medication +‎ assistance +‎ treatment. The official governmental U.S. English form does not use a hyphen.

Noun[edit]

medication assisted treatment (plural medication assisted treatments)

  1. A drug addiction treatment method which uses medication to replace the drug that one is physically addicted to.

Synonyms[edit]

  • MAT (abbreviation)

Derived terms[edit]

  • MAT (abbreviation)
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