analgesia

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Enright seems here to be talking about voice itself as a manifestation of laughter through hurt; language itself as a form of analgesia.

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2018

I ordered the nurse to administer an IV anti-inflammatory and nausea medication, gradually stepping up the strength of analgesia while hoping to use the minimum needed.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2018

When flight or fight is possible, motor programs for running or fighting are activated, the arousal system is switched to a high-energy setting and nonopioid analgesia is switched on.

From Scientific American • Aug. 4, 2017

In the case of the μ receptor, endomorphin-1 seems to selectively promote analgesia.

From Nature • Jul. 12, 2016

But analgesia was in its infancy in the 1930s.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand