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Words related to medicine

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antitussive
aperient
emetic
diuretic
analgesic


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Words from animals

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PRONUNCIATION:

(an-uhl-JEE-zik, -sik)

MEANING:

adjective: Reducing or eliminating pain.
noun: Something that reduces or relieves pain.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin analgesia (absence of pain), from Greek analgesia, from an- (not) + algos (pain). Earliest documented use: 1852.

USAGE:

“Many people argue that Mr Abe’s monetary and fiscal stimulus has served only as an analgesic, masking the need for radical structural reform.”
Overhyped, Underappreciated; The Economist (London, UK); Jul 30, 2016.

See more usage examples of analgesic in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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