analgesic

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)

   I am taking an analgesic. Is it safe to drink alcoholic beverages?

From analgesia (“absence of pain”) + -ic, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἄλγησις (álgēsis, “sense of pain”), from ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). Compare -algia.

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