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ANALGESICS

"ANALGESICS" is a plural of: analgesic.


Specialty Definition: ANALGESICS

DomainDefinition

Health

Compounds capable of relieving pain without the loss of consciousness or without producing anesthesia. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ANALGESICS

English words defined with "ANALGESICS": halothane. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ANALGESICS": Analgesia, ObstetricalBenzomorphansInfusion Pumps, Implantable, Injections, Epiduralkappa-opioid. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ANALGESICS

DomainTitle

References

  • The 2000-2005 Outlook for Analgesics in Asia (reference)

  • The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Analgesics (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Antipyretic analgesics : new insights : Yogyakarta, March 30th, 1990 (reference)

  • Safety and Efficacy of Non-Prescription (Otc) Analgesics and Nsaids: Proceedings of the International Conference Held at the South San Francisco conf (reference)

  • Opioid Agonists, Antagonists and Mixed Narcotic Analgesics (reference)

  • Pain and Its Relief Without Addiction: Clinical Issues in the Use of Opioids and Other Analgesics (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ANALGESICS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Stronger analgesics, such as propoxyphene and codeine, are sometimes prescribed. (references)

Treatment of acute sinusitis includes antibiotics, analgesics, and decongestants. (references)

Single analgesics (e.g., aspirin alone) have not been found to cause kidney damage. (references)

Business

Ranked by the size of advertising budgets, the most promoted product categories were cold medications and antitussives (USD 76 million), fortifiers (USD 74.6 million) and analgesics (USD 60 million). (references)

In this context it is clear that generic drugs are being substituted for many proprietary pharmaceuticals, especially in the field of antibiotics; analgesics; medication for the venous system; and vitamin preparations. (references)

The cost pressure on physicians throughout Germany led to a decrease in the number of drug prescriptions, primarily for drugs with uncertain therapeutic effects, such as for the venous system; medication stimulating the blood flow; mineral supplements; vitamins; and analgesics. (references)

Economic History

Trinidad

U.S. products dominate the market for veterinary pharmaceuticals, analgesics, insulin, and vitamins, but have a low share of the market for antibiotics and other prescription drugs and contraceptives. (references)

Pakistan

There is good market potential for antibiotics, vaccines, therapeutic medicines, analgesics, tranquilizers, hormones, blood pressure control drugs, anti-ulcerants, drugs for the treatment of cardiac conditions, cancer, psychiatric drugs, contraceptives and birth control prescriptions. (references)

Ireland

Self-medication remains an important part of the total Irish market for pharmaceutical products and can be divided up into the following sub-sectors: analgesics - 26 per cent, cough and cold treatments - 25 per cent, vitamins - 18 per cent, skin treatment -16 per cent and digestive & intestinal remedies -15 per cent. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: ANALGESICS

"ANALGESICS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ANALGESICS" is used about 51 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)100%5147,619

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: ANALGESICS

Expression using "ANALGESICS": narcotic analgesics. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ANALGESICS

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

analgesics

57

narcotic analgesics

20

analgesics topical

4

opioid analgesics

4

analgesics non narcotic

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ANALGESICS

Language Translations for "ANALGESICS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

analgetika (analgesic), smertestillende midler (pain relievers). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

antalgeticum, analgeticum (analgesic), analgetica (pain relievers), pijnverdovend middel, pijnstillers (pain relievers), pijnstillende middelen (pain relievers), pijnstillend middel. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

analgeetti. (various references)

   

French

  

antalgique (analgesic), analgésiques, analgésique (analgesic, anodyne). (various references)

   

German

  

Antalgika, Antalgetika, Analgetika (pain relievers), schmerzstillende Mittel (pain relievers). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αναλγητικά (pain relievers). (various references)

   

Italian

  

analgesico (analgesic), analgesici (pain relievers). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

analgesicsay

   

Portuguese

  

analgésicos (pain relievers). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

болеутоляющее (analgesic). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

analgesicos (pain relievers), analgésicos. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

analgetikum (analgesic), smärtstillande medel (analgesic, anodyne, lenitive, pain killer, paregoric). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: ANALGESICS

Misspellings

"ANALGESICS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anagelsic, analagesic, analgaesic, analgestic, antalgesics. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "ANALGESICS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "ANALGESICS" (pronounced a'nuljē"ziks)
4-z i k sastrophysics, metaphysics, physics.
3-i k sacademics, acoustics, acrobatics, acrylics, aerobatics, aerobics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, aesthetics, affix, alcoholics, analytics, anesthetics, anorexics, antibiotics, antics, apparatchiks, appendix, asthmatics, astronautics, athletics, atmospherics, attics, automatics, avionics, ballistics, basics, batiks, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, characteristics, charismatics, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, cynics, demographics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, exotics, fabrics, fanatics, forensics, generics, genetics, geometrics, geopolitics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, gymnastics, harmonics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hydraulics, hypnotics, hysterics, informatics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, kinetics, limericks, linguistics, logistics, lyrics, macroeconomics, Magnetics, mathematics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, micrographics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, mystics, narcotics, Nucleonics, numismatics, obstetrics, onomastics, onyx, optics, orthodontics, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonetics, phonics, photovoltaics, plastics, polemics, prefix, prosthetics, psychics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, reprographics, republics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, statistics, stoics, suffix, synthetics, systematics, tactics, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, therapeutics, thermoplastics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: ANALGESICS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-g-i-l-n-s-s"

-1 letter: analgesic, angelicas, canalises.

-2 letters: angelica, caginess, canalise, classing, gainless, glacises, glassine, laciness, lasagnes, leasings, nasalise, sanicles, scalages.

-3 letters: agnails, aliases, angelic, anglice, anlaces, anlages, anlases, assegai, calesas, caseins, casings, ceasing, cessing, galenas, galenic, glances, glassie, incages, incases, inlaces, lacings, lasagne, leasing, ligases, linages, salinas, salines, sanicle, scalage, scaleni, scaling, sealing, signals, silages, silanes.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-g-i-l-n-s-s"
 

+4 letters: dogmaticalness, galactosamines, telangiectases, telangiectasis.

 

+5 letters: allegoricalness, grammaticalness, telangiectasias.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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