ANALGESIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does analgesic mean? 

• ANALGESIC (noun)
  The noun ANALGESIC has 1 sense:

1. a medicine used to relieve pain

  Familiarity information: ANALGESIC used as a noun is very rare.

• ANALGESIC (adjective)
  The adjective ANALGESIC has 1 sense:

1. capable of relieving pain

  Familiarity information: ANALGESIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANALGESIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medicine used to relieve pain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

analgesic; anodyne; pain pill; painkiller

Hypernyms ("analgesic" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "analgesic"):

acetaminophen; Anacin III; Datril; Panadol; Phenaphen; Tempra; Tylenol (an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets))

acetanilid; acetanilide; phenylacetamide; acetophenetidin; acetphenetidin; phenacetin (a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic)

amidopyrine; aminopyrine (a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic)

acetylsalicylic acid; aspirin; Bayer; Empirin; St. Joseph (the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets)

codeine (derivative of opium; used as an antitussive (to relieve coughing) and an analgesic (to relieve pain))

colchicine (an analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to treat gout)

Fentanyl; Sublimaze (trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations; also abused as a recreational drug)

Dilaudid; hydromorphone; hydromorphone hydrochloride (a narcotic analgesic (trade name Dilaudid) used to treat moderate to severe pain)

morphia; morphine (an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain)

pentazocine; Talwin (analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine)

phenazopyridine; Pyridium (analgesic (trade name Pyridium) used to treat urinary tract infections)

Darvon; propoxyphene; propoxyphene hydrochloride (a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive)

sodium salicylate (a crystalline salt used as an analgesic and antipyretic)

Derivation:

analgesic (capable of relieving pain)

• ANALGESIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of relieving pain

Synonyms:

analgesic; analgetic; anodyne

Context example:

an analgesic effect

Similar:

moderating (lessening in intensity or strength)

Derivation:

analgesia (absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness)

analgesic (a medicine used to relieve pain)

 Context examples 

A narcotic analgesic that can be used for the relief of most types of moderate to severe pain, including postoperative pain and the pain of labor.

(Meperidine hydrochloride, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The hydrochloride salt of a synthetic piperidine ester with opioid analgesic activity.

(Meperidine hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic opioid with analgesic activity.

(Methadone, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt of methadone, a synthetic opioid with analgesic activity.

(Methadone hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Unlike naltrexone and due to the presence of a positively charged nitrogen atom in methylnaltrexone, this agent does not cross the blood-brain barrier and does not affect the centrally-mediated analgesic effect of opioids.

(Methylnaltrexone bromide, NCI Thesaurus)

Methylnaltrexone does not cross the blood-brain barrier and does not affect the centrally-mediated analgesic effect of opioids.

(Methylnaltrexone, NCI Thesaurus)

Meperidine hydrochloride is a type of analgesic agent and a type of opioid.

(Meperidine hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

A synthetic piperidine ester with opioid analgesic activity.

(Meperidine, NCI Thesaurus)

Said peptides have the same activity as opioid analgesics (drugs for treating intense pain, such as morphine), used for millennia for treating pain.

(Scientists make white blood cells to alleviate pain, instead of producing it, during tissue inflammation, University of Granada)

The sodium salt form of bromfenac, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities.

(Bromfenac Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)