Adolophine

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Apocryphal former name for the drug methadone. uncountable
    — 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.

词源

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.)
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