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Analgesic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A medication that reduces or eliminates pain.

adj. Of or causing analgesia.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain without inducing unconsciousness.

adj. Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. serving to reduce the sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness.

n. a medication which serves to reduce the sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness. Aspirin and acetaminophen (Tylenol) are commonly used non-prescription analgesics.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as analgetic.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. capable of relieving pain

n. a medicine used to relieve pain

Word Usage

"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."

Equivalent

moderating

Cross Reference

painkiller

Same Context

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