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Definition of Analgesic
1. Noun. A medicine used to relieve pain.
Specialized synonyms: Acetaminophen, Anacin Iii, Datril, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, Tylenol, Acetanilid, Acetanilide, Phenylacetamide, Acetophenetidin, Acetphenetidin, Phenacetin, Amidopyrine, Aminopyrine, Acetylsalicylic Acid, Aspirin, Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph, Codeine, Colchicine, Fentanyl, Sublimaze, Dilaudid, Hydromorphone, Hydromorphone Hydrochloride, Morphia, Morphine, Pentazocine, Talwin, Phenazopyridine, Pyridium, Darvon, Propoxyphene, Propoxyphene Hydrochloride, Sodium Salicylate
Generic synonyms: Medicament, Medication, Medicinal Drug, Medicine
Derivative terms: Anodyne
2. Adjective. Capable of relieving pain. "An analgesic effect"
Similar to: Moderating
Derivative terms: Analgesia, Analgesia, Anodyne
Definition of Analgesic
1. Noun. (pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain without inducing unconsciousness. ¹
2. Adjective. (medicine) Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Analgesic
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Medical Definition of Analgesic
1. An agent that alleviates pain without causing loss of consciousness. (18 Nov 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Analgesic
Literary usage of Analgesic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"This dosage is somewhat quieting, but not narcotic, and scarcely analgesic.
Larger dosage produces restlessness instead of quieting. ..."
2. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"It has been used with satisfaction as an antipyretic in hectic, malarial, typhoid
and other fevers, also as an analgesic in acute and chronic rheumatism, ..."
3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"Phenacetin seems therefore to be not only an analgesic but a hypnotic. In this
city the price of phenacetin is still quite high. THE QUESTION OF CRANIOTOMY. ..."
4. The Modern Materia Medica: The Source, Chemical and Physical Properties (1911)
"It is used as an antipyretic and analgesic. Dose, 7% to 15 grains, two to four
times daily. ... It is prescribed as an antirheumatic and analgesic. ..."
5. Materia Medica: Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing for by Walter Arthur Bastedo (1918)
"... viz., the analgesics, the antimalarials, and the antirheumatics. THE analgesic
ANTIPYRETICS The official ones are antipyrine, acetanilid, ..."
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