analgesia

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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

Endorphins form part of the body's natural mechanism for managing pain, providing analgesia by reducing the perception of pain.

From Nature • Jul. 12, 2016

Sharon Hertz, director of the FDA’s division of anesthesia, analgesia and addiction products, said the agency is requiring Purdue to conduct follow-up studies on how OxyContin is being used in young patients.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2015

The second part of Mao’s project was to provide Westerners with sensational evidence of Chinese medicine’s efficacy, particularly of acupuncture analgesia.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2013

But analgesia was in its infancy in the 1930s.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand