analgesic
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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
"It's thought that acetaminophen exerts its analgesic effect through the endocannabinoid system, which is also very important for fetal development," Woodbury said.
From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024
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
In nervous, well-bred animals analgesic agents may be employed; or small doses of morphin sulphate—one to two grains—given at intervals of three hours during the first stages of the affection is very beneficial.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
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