analgesic
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Definition of analgesic
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)
“I am taking an analgesic. Is it safe to drink alcoholic beverages?”
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noun
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Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)
“I am taking an analgesic. Is it safe to drink alcoholic beverages?”
“2010, Associated Press staff, Cadence signs option to buy Incline (original copy), Bloomberg Businessweek”
adj
- Of or relating to analgesia.
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Of or relating to analgesia.
“With the exception of the foot and a small area over the malar bone, the entire left side of the body is analgesic and anaesthetic. This extends to the exact median line of the body, including the left half of the tongue, nose and chin, […]”
“(I find that he is analgesic and anaesthetic; evidently he is in a state of passive somnambulism.) E. A. Did you feel anybody touch you? K. No. There's no one near me. (He continues laughing and talking. […])”
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Etymology
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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