"medication-assisted treatment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: medication-assisted treatments [plural], medication assisted treatment [alternative]
Etymology: From medication + assisted + treatment. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|medication|assisted|treatment}} medication + assisted + treatment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} medication-assisted treatment (countable and uncountable, plural medication-assisted treatments)
  1. (medicine) Treatment of drug addiction by means of a replacement drug / medication Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: MAT Derived forms: MAT
    Sense id: en-medication-assisted_treatment-en-noun-BsWEkfFP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: medicine, sciences

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