Meaning

2 senses
  1. Of or relating to analgesia.

    Acting to relieve pain; being an analgesic.

    analgetisch

    анальгети́ческийanalʹgetíčeskij, болеутоля́ющийboleutoljájuščij, обезбо́ливающийobezbólivajuščij

    аналгети́чнийanalhetýčnyj, болезаспокі́йливийbolezaspokíjlyvyj, знебо́лювальнийznebóljuvalʹnyj

    capable of relieving pain

  2. Unable to feel pain.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Analgesics may be used if pain is severe.

  2. The pain didn't weaken with analgesics.

  3. I'm going to give you an injection of an analgesic.

  4. Morphine, an alkaloid found in opium, has powerful analgesic properties.

  5. I need an analgesic.

    ruМне нужен анальгетик. — odexed

    deIch brauche ein Schmerzmittel. — Manfredo

Translations

7 languages
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Origin

From analgesia (“absence of pain”) + -ic, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “wi

From analgesia (“absence of pain”) + -ic, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἄλγησις (álgēsis, “sense of pain”), from ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). Compare -algia.

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Forms

more analgesic, most analgesic
Comparativemore analgesic Lesson
Superlativemost analgesic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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