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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

There's this much reported case of a woman who suffered from convulsions after taking a medicine for diabetes which had a similar sounding name to an analgesic she had been prescribed.

From BBC Sep. 30, 2025

When the team tested the effects of boosting acetylcholine in mice that had tolerance to opioids, they saw the same long-lasting analgesic effects.

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

I tried to sell him a new analgesic ointment, but he insisted on methyl chloride.

From The Blue Ghost Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

“Multiple days of treatment are often required, and antibiotics and analgesics may also be administered to treat secondary infection and control pain,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

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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