medication assisted treatment

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English

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  • MAT (abbreviation)

Derived terms

  • MAT (abbreviation)