what does analgesic mean?
ANALGESIC as NOUN
- Meaning
- a medicine used to relieve pain
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Hypernyms(s) analgesic is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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ANALGESIC as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- capable of relieving pain
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Usage Example(s)
- the anodyne properties of certain drugs
- an analgesic effect
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