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Definition: Analgesic |
AnalgesicAdjective1. Capable of relieving pain; "the anodyne properties of certain drugs"; "an analgesic effect". Noun1. A medicine used in to relieve pain. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "analgesic" was first used: 1875. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Botanical | A substance for killing pain. Bocconia, Indigofera, Piscidia, Tabebuia, Thevetia, Zanthoxylum. (references) |
Health | An agent that alleviates pain without causing loss of consciousness. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Analgesic is a collective term for any member of the diverse group of drugs used to relieve pain. Analgesic drugs include the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as the salicylates, narcotic drugs such as morphine, and synthetic drugs with narcotic properties such as tramadol.NSAIDs such as aspirin, and ibuprofen not only relieve pain but also reduce fever and inflammation. Narcotic analgesics and the morphine-like synthetic drugs depress the central nervous system and alter the perception of pain (Nociception). They are used to alleviate pain not relieved by the NSAIDs.
Analgesics are frequently used in combination, such as the paracetamol and codeine preparations found in many non-prescription pain relievers. They can also be found in combination with vasoconstrictor drugs such as Pseudoephedrine for sinus-related preparations, or with anti-histamine drugs for allergy sufferers.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Analgesic."
Synonyms: AnalgesicSynonyms: analgetic (adj), anodyne (n), pain pill (n), painkiller (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Anthelmintic; antidote, antifebrile, antipoison, counterpoison, antispasmodic; bracer, faith cure, placebo; helminthagogue, lithagogue, pick-meup, stimulant, tonic; vermifuge, prophylactic, corrective, restorative; sedative; palliative; febrifuge; alterant, alterative; specific; antiseptic, emetic, analgesic, pain-killer, antitussive, antiinflammatory, antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, carminative; Nepenthe, Mithridate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| "Drug's in my veins again" by Gilbert Tremblay Commentary: "A pict of an analgesic dropped into a bottle of sprite to give an effervescent feel to it. I'm very glad with the result. ." |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Opioids are commonly prescribed because of their effective analgesic, or pain-relieving, properties. (references) | |
That opioid antagonists such as naloxone reverse the analgesic effects of acupuncture further strengthens this hypothesis. (references) | ||
Although highly toxic, epibatidine is a potent analgesic and, surprisingly, resembles the chemical nicotine found in cigarettes. (references) | ||
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| "Analgesic" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Analgesic" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 29 | 64,444 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
analgesic | 82 |
analgesic nephropathy | 8 |
analgesic narcotic | 5 |
analgesic care health | 4 |
analgesic balm | 4 |
analgesic drug | 4 |
analgesic cream | 3 |
white flower analgesic balm | 3 |
topical analgesic | 3 |
analgesic ladder who | 2 |
opioid analgesic | 2 |
analgesic narcotic non | 2 |
analgesic patch | 2 |
analgesic ladder | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "analgesic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | analgjezik, mjet analgjezik. (various references) | |
Arabic | فاقد الألم, مفقد للألم, مسكن الألم (pain killer, palliative, tranquilizer). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | аналгетично средство, аналгетичен. (various references) | |
Chinese | 鎮痛 (pain killer), 镇痛药. (various references) | |
Danish | analgetika (analgesics, pain relievers). (various references) | |
Dutch | analgeticum (analgesics). (various references) | |
Finnish | analgeettinen. (various references) | |
French | analgésique (anodyne). (various references) | |
German | schmerzlinderndes Mittel. (various references) | |
Greek | παυσίπονο (anodyne, painkiller, sedative, tranquillizer), ανάλογοσ (analogous, commensurate, proportionable, proportionate), αναλγητικόσ, αναλγητικός (analgetic). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משכך כאב, מרגיע כאב. (various references) | |
Hungarian | fájdalommentes (acheless, analgetic, easy, painless), fájdalomcsillapító (analgetic, anodyne, lenitive, pain killer, painkiller, pain-killing, paregoric), fájdalomtalan (analgetic), fájdalom nélküli (analgetic), fájdalmatlan, érzéktelenítő (analgetic). (various references) | |
Italian | analgesico (analgesics, analgetic). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鎮痛薬 , 鎮痛性 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ちんつうせい, ちんつうやく. (various references) | |
Manx | moogheyder pian (analgetic), kyrloghee (analgetic, numbing), anloaghtagh (anaesthetic). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | analgesicay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | analgésico (painkiller), analgésico. (various references) | |
Romanian | analgezic (pain killer, paregoric). (various references) | |
Russian | болеутоляющее средство (assuagement, painkiller, paregoric), болеутоляющее (analgesics), болеутоляющий (anodyne, paregoric). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | analgetik (painkiller). (various references) | |
Spanish | analgésico (painkiller, paregoric, soothing). (various references) | |
Swedish | analgetikum (analgesics). (various references) | |
Turkish | analjezik ilaç, analjezik, ağrı kesici ilaç, ağrı kesici (pain killer, painkiller). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | знеболювальний засіб, знеболювальний (anaesthetic, anesthetic), болезаспокійливий (anetic, anodyne, antalgic, demulcent, paregoric). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | làm giảm đau (alleviative, analgetic, calmative). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | an-. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "analgesic": analgesics. (additional references) | |
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"Analgesic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anagelsic, analagesic, analgaesic, analgestic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "analgesic" (pronounced a'nuljē"sik) |
| 3 | -s i k | anorexic, basic, carsick, classic, diabasic, dyslexic, extrinsic, forensic, geodesic, intrinsic, neoclassic, nontoxic, thoracic, toxic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: angelicas. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-g-i-l-n-s" | |
-1 letter: angelica, canalise. | |
-2 letters: agnails, angelic, anglice, anlaces, anlages, ceasing, galenas, galenic, glances, incages, inlaces, lacings, lasagne, leasing, linages, sanicle, scalage, scaleni, scaling, sealing. | |
-3 letters: aecial, agnail, algins, aliens, aligns, alines, angels, angles, anlace, anlage, calesa, canals, casein, casing, clangs, cleans, clines, clings, easing, elains, galeas, galena, genial, glaces, glacis, glance, gleans, incage, incase. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-g-i-l-n-s" | |
+1 letter: analgesics, analgetics, escalading, escalating, galenicals. | |
+2 letters: allegiances, berascaling, flagrancies, malignances. | |
+3 letters: caramelising, deescalating, emasculating, evangelicals, gallinaceous, malignancies, racewalkings, reescalating, spacewalking. | |
+4 letters: campanologies, deglaciations, desacralizing, encapsulating, galactosamine, interglacials, megalomaniacs, relandscaping. | |
+5 letters: dogmaticalness, galactosamines, telangiectases, telangiectasia, telangiectasis. | |
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