analgesic

WOTD - 8 October 2010    

See also analgèsic

English

Wikipedia

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 (zh), 镇痛剂 (zh) (zhèntòngjì), 止痛藥 (zh), 止痛药 (zh) (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. German: Analgetikum (de) n. Greek: αναλγητικό (el) (analgitikó) n., παυσίπονο (el) (pafsípono) 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. Serbian: аналгетик (sr) 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. 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

Chinese: Mandarin: 鎮痛劑的 (zh), 镇痛剂的 (zh) (zhèntòngjì de), 止痛藥的 (zh), 止痛药的 (zh) (zhǐtòngyào de) Czech: analgetický (cs) m. Esperanto: analgezika (eo) Finnish: kipua lievittävä (fi), analgeettinen (fi) German: analgetisch (de)

Greek: αναλγητικός (el) (analgitikós) m. Italian: analgesico (it) Portuguese: analgésico (pt) Romanian: analgezic (ro) m. and n. Russian: анальгетический (ru), болеутоляющий (ru), обезболивающий (ru) Spanish: analgésico (es) m.

References

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

Anagrams

• angelicas