analgesic
Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss…Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)
» Analgesics may be used if pain is severe.
Meaning
1 sensesAny medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)
Analgetikum
анальге́тикanalʹgétik
анальгетикanalʹhetyk
- a medicine used to relieve pain
Examples
8 sentencesAnalgesics may be used if pain is severe.
The pain didn't weaken with analgesics.
I'm going to give you an injection of an analgesic.
Morphine, an alkaloid found in opium, has powerful analgesic properties.
I need an analgesic.
ruМне нужен анальгетик. — odexed
deIch brauche ein Schmerzmittel. — Manfredo
Translations
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Origin
From analgesia (“absence of pain”) + -ic, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “wiFrom 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
plural: analgesicsSynonyms
6 synonyms- a medicine used to relieve pain:anodynepainkillerpain pill