Etymology

Adolophine

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Today it means: Apocryphal former name for the drug methadone. Full definition →

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The story

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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