medication assisted treatment

English

Alternative forms

• medication-assisted treatment

Etymology

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

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)