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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

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

It can accomplish its purpose—can quite satisfactorily relieve the mother of severe pain—when employed as an analgesic.

From The Mother and Her Child by William S. Sadler

“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

"The sham-controlled design helped rule out placebo effects, and we limited stronger analgesics, which made differences between groups more clearly attributable to the radiation itself," he said.

From Science Daily Oct. 15, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 25, 2025

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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