Usage Note
Tossicodipendente is an -ente noun that has the same form for both genders: il/la tossicodipendente. The plural is i tossicodipendenti (m) or le tossicodipendenti (f). The related noun la tossicodipendenza means drug dependency. In medical and legal contexts, dipendente da sostanze (substance-dependent) is also used as a more clinical formulation.
Examples
"Il centro aiuta i tossicodipendenti a recuperare."
Natural Translation
The centre helps drug addicts to recover.
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