Analgesic Synonyms

ănəl-jēzĭk, -sĭk
A medicine used to relieve pain
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. anodyne
  2. anesthetic
  3. aspirin
  4. codeine
  5. opium
  6. painkiller
  7. darvon
  8. sedative
  9. soother
  10. pyramidon
  11. pain pill
  12. acetanilide
  13. acetophenetidin
  14. phenacetin
Capable of relieving pain
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. analgetic
  2. anodyne

Words Related to Analgesic

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Analgesic Sentence Examples

  • Radium is analgesic and bactericidal in its action.

  • In medicine antipyrine ("phenazonum") has been used as an analgesic and antipyretic. The dose is 5-20 grs., but on account of its depressant action on the heart, and the toxic effects to which it occasionally gives rise, it is now but little used.

  • Quinine has some analgesic power, and is a safe and often efficient drug in the treatment of neuralgia, even when the patient has not had malaria.

  • Salicylic acid and salicin (q.v.) share the properties common to the group of aromatic acids, which, as a group, are antiseptic without being toxic to man - a property practically unique; are unstable in the body; are antipyretic and analgesic; and diminish the excretion of urea by the kidneys.

  • The external uses of the drug are mainly analgesic. The liniment or plaster of belladonna will relieve many forms of local pain.

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