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Definition of Analgetic
1. Adjective. Capable of relieving pain. "An analgesic effect"
Similar to: Moderating
Derivative terms: Analgesia, Analgesic, Analgesia, Anodyne
Definition of Analgetic
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Analgetic
1. Synonym: analgesic. 2. Associated with decreased pain perception. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Analgetic
Literary usage of Analgetic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1886)
"analgetic Action of Carbolic Acid, &c. ... recently conducted an investigation
into the analgetic action on the skin of carbolic acid and the cresol group. ..."
2. Journal of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States by Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Meeting (1906)
"This was found to be deleterious, weakening the analgetic properties of the ...
this has not been observed to destroy analgetic properties, nor has there ..."
3. The Year-book of Treatment (1886)
"... from three to five minutes; and lasts, with gradually decreasing intensity,
on the average fifteen to twenty minutes. The anaesthetic and analgetic ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"As an analgetic it is characterized by promptness of action and freedom from the
disagreeable effects of the narcotics, jt lias been much used, ..."
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