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Adolophine

Adolophine noun: apocryphal former name for the drug methadone.

Noun

Adolophine (uncountable)

  1. Apocryphal former name for the drug methadone.
    • Nazi scientists created Adolophine (named for Hitler). After the war, the "A" was dropped. The new name was dolophine. The chemical fact, however, is that dolophine is methadone.1985, Journal of Drug Issues, volume 15, page 187
    • Although it has been widely asserted that one of the first trade names given to methadone - Dolophine - was a derivation of Adolf (and even that it was called Adolophine in Germany - the A being dropped after the war), in fact the name Dolophine was created for the drug as a trade name after the...2003, Gillian Tober, John Strang, Methadone Matters

Origin of Adolophine

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.)

Questions about Adolophine

What does Adolophine mean?
Adolophine means apocryphal former name for the drug methadone.
What part of speech is Adolophine?
Adolophine is a noun.

Words near Adolophine in the dictionary

  1. Adolf
  2. Adolfo
  3. Adolfs
  4. Adolfson
  5. Adolfsson
  6. Adolophine
  7. Adolph
  8. Adolphe
  9. Adolphes
  10. Adolpho
  11. Adolphs

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