Analgesic Definition

ănəl-jēzĭk, -sĭk
analgesics
noun
analgesics
Any drug, as aspirin, that is taken to relieve pain.
Webster's New World
A medication that reduces or eliminates pain.
American Heritage Medicine

(pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain without inducing unconsciousness.

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adjective
Of or causing analgesia.
Webster's New World
Of or causing analgesia.
American Heritage Medicine

(medicine) Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
other
See also analgesic.
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Other Word Forms of Analgesic

Noun

Singular:
analgesic
Plural:
analgesics

Origin of Analgesic

  • From analgesia (“absence of pain”), from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἄλγησις (algēsis, “sense of pain”), from ἄλγος (algos, “pain”).

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