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analgesic

[an-l-jee-zik, -sik] / ˌæn lˈdʒi zɪk, -sɪk /
NOUN
pain remover
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When we look at relaxing paintings, we actually activate our pain analgesic response.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

But when the researchers injected a drug that stimulates ⍺7 into the mice, the cells' initial excited state quickly gave way to a prolonged quiet state, producing an analgesic effect that lasted for several hours.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2023

And so there is no analgesic for the moral injury that comes with realizing that Canadian McDonald’s have decided American Big Macs are simply too small for their liking.

From Slate Sep. 7, 2023

As for pain relief, two studies were conducted to examine the analgesic effect of nostalgia on different levels of pain.

From National Geographic Jul. 28, 2023

Through the kind invitation of your directors, I am present to give you the history of "rapid breathing" as an analgesic agent, as well as my experience therein since I first discovered it.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various

The reason, its authors wrote, was that “we had no data available on analgesics or possible local anesthetics used during ritual circumcisions in our cohort, so we were unable to address the paracetamol hypothesis directly.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 14, 2025

When it comes to analgesics, always consult your physician first.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 25, 2025

"This is a potentially valuable target for new development of analgesics," he said.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2023

He added that pain killers, analgesics and steel pins to mend fractures were running out amid the crush of patients.

From Seattle Times Aug. 16, 2021

Many of the synthetical coal-tar products now so largely employed as analgesics are powerful toxic agents.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson




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