Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A medication that reduces or eliminates pain.
- adjective Of or causing analgesia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
analgetic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) a medication which serves to reduce the sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness. Aspirin and acetaminophen (Tylenol) are commonly used non-prescription
analgesics . - adjective (Med.) serving to reduce the sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pharmacology Any
medicine , such asaspirin , thatreduces pain without inducingunconsciousness . - adjective medicine Of or relating to
analgesia ;anodyne .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of relieving pain
- noun a medicine used to relieve pain
Etymologies
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Examples
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To further investigate this, Michael Weishaupt, DMV, from the Equine Hospital at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, co-authored the recent study, "Short term analgesic effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy in horses with proximal palmar metacarpal / plantar metatarsal pain."
TheHorse.com News 2009
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The long-term analgesic reaction after social conflict may be considered as an adaptive learnt response that brings the subject, more rapidly into a potent protective analgesic state
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These Gz proteins are also responsible for the long-term analgesic tolerance produced by single doses of these agonists, as well as for the cross-tolerance between CB1Rs and MORs.
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For example, drugs containing opiates such as codeine, if taken at a rate as low as two doses per week, can escalate the headache frequency - so-called analgesic-dependant headache.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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It boasts leading brands such as analgesic Saridon, skin-care lotion Lacto Calamine and emergency contraceptive iPill, which it bought from Cipla for $21 million.
The Next Act Anuradha Raghunathan 2010
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It boasts leading brands such as analgesic Saridon, skin-care lotion Lacto Calamine and emergency contraceptive iPill, which it bought from Cipla for $21 million.
The Next Act Anuradha Raghunathan 2010
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Now, a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte shows that a single hour of training spread out over a three day period can produce the same kind of analgesic effect.
unknown title 2009
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One possibility is that when sufferers expect relief, they are able to redirect their attention away from their pain, creating an analgesic effect.
Wray Herbert: How Do Placebos Relieve Pain? Wray Herbert 2012
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One possibility is that when sufferers expect relief, they are able to redirect their attention away from their pain, creating an analgesic effect.
Wray Herbert: How Do Placebos Relieve Pain? Wray Herbert 2012
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One possibility is that when sufferers expect relief, they are able to redirect their attention away from their pain, creating an analgesic effect.
Wray Herbert: How Do Placebos Relieve Pain? Wray Herbert 2012
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