analgesic

WOTD – 8 October 2010    

See also analgèsic

English

Etymology

From analgesia (“absence of pain”), from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἄλγησις (algēsis, “sense of pain”), from ἄλγος (algos, “pain”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˌæn.l̩ˈdʒiː.zɪk/, /ˌæn.l̩ˈdʒiː.sɪk/
• Rhymes: -iːzɪk

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Noun

analgesic (plural analgesics)

1. (pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain without inducing unconsciousness.
   • 2004, Jocoby, David B. and Youngson, R. M., Encyclopedia of Family Health, Marshall Cavendish, pg. 137:

     I am taking an analgesic. Is it safe to drink alcholic beverages?

   • 2010, Associated Press staff, Cadence signs option to buy Incline (original copy), Bloomberg Businessweek:

     Incline makes Ionsys, a potential analgesic for adult inpatients requiring opioid pain treatment after surgery.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:analgesic

Translations

medicine that reduces pain

• Arabic: مسكن ألم
• Armenian: ցավազրկող (hy) (c’avazrkoġ) 
• Catalan: analgèsic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鎮痛劑 (cmn), 镇痛剂 (cmn) (zhèntòngjì), 止痛藥 (cmn), 止痛药 (cmn) (zhǐtòngyào)

• Czech: analgetikum (cs) n
• Danish: lokalbedøvelse (da) c, analgetikum (da) n
• Dutch: pijnstiller (nl) m
• Esperanto: analgeziko (eo)
• Estonian: valuvaigisti (et)
• Finnish: särkylääke (fi), kipulääke (fi), analgeetti (fi)
• French: analgésique (fr) m
• Galician: analxésico (gl) m
• German: Analgetikum (de) n
• Greek: αναλγητικό (el) (analgitikó) n 
• Hebrew: שיכוך כאב (he)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: fájdalomcsillapító (hu)
• Indonesian: analgesik (id)
• Italian: analgesico (it) m

• Japanese: 鎮痛剤 (ja) (ちんつうざい, chintsūzai)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: analgesik (ms)
• Polish: lek przeciwbólowy (pl) m, analgetyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: analgésico (pt) m
• Romanian: substanță analgezică (ro) f
• Russian: анальгетик (ru) (anal’gétik) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аналгетик (sh) m

  Latin: аnalgetik (sh) m

• Slovak: analgézia (sk) f
• Slovene: analgetik (sl) m
• Spanish: analgésico (es) m
• Swedish: analgetika (sv) c
• Tamil: வலிநீக்கி (ta)
• Thai: ยาบรรเทาปวด (yaa bantao bpùat)
• Turkish: analjezik (tr)
• Ukrainian: анальгетик (uk) m (analʹhetyk)
• Urdu: مُسَـکِّن
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

References

• "Analgesics". MeSH 2010, National Library of Medicine.

See also

• painkiller

Adjective

analgesic (comparative more analgesic, superlative most analgesic)

1. (medicine) Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.

Translations

of or relating to analgesia

• Catalan: analgèsic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鎮痛劑的 (cmn), 镇痛剂的 (cmn) (zhèntòngjì de), 止痛藥的 (cmn), 止痛药的 (cmn) (zhǐtòngyào de)

• Czech: analgetický (cs) m
• Esperanto: analgezika (eo)
• Finnish: kipua lievittävä (fi), analgeettinen (fi)
• Galician: analxésico (gl)

• German: analgetisch (de)
• Greek: αναλγητικός (el) (analgitikós) m 
• Italian: analgesico (it)
• Portuguese: analgésico (pt)
• Romanian: analgezic (ro) m and n
• Russian: анальгетический (ru) (analʹgetičeskij), болеутоляющий (ru) (boleutoljajuščij), обезболивающий (ru) (obezbolivajuščij)
• Serbo-Croatian: analgetski (sh), analgetički (sh)
• Spanish: analgésico (es) m

External links

• Analgesic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “analgesic” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
• analgesia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• angelicas