analgesic

See also: analgèsic

English

WOTD – 8 October 2010

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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 Thesaurus:analgesic

Translations

medicine that reduces pain

• Arabic: مسكن ألم
• Armenian: ցավազրկող (cʻavazrkoġ)
• Catalan: analgèsic m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: analgetikum (cs) n
• Danish: lokalbedøvelse c, analgetikum n
• Dutch: pijnstiller (nl) m
• Esperanto: analgeziko
• Estonian: valuvaigisti
• Finnish: särkylääke (fi), kipulääke (fi), analgeetti (fi)
• French: analgésique (fr) m
• Galician: analxésico (gl) m
• German: Analgetikum (de) n
• Greek: αναλγητικό (el) n (analgitikó)
• Hebrew: שיכוך כאב
• Hindi: दर्द निवारक du or n du (dard nivārak) (formally),
• Hungarian: fájdalomcsillapító (hu)
• Indonesian: analgesik (id)
• Inuktitut: ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓇᖏᑦᑐᑦ (aannianangittot)
• Irish: anailgéiseach m
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• Italian: analgesico (it) m, lenitivo (it) m
• Japanese: 鎮痛剤 (ちんつうざい, chintsūzai)
• Korean: 진통제 (ko) (jintongje)
• Malay: analgesik
• Polish: lek przeciwbólowy m, analgetyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: analgésico m
• Romanian: substanță analgezică f
• Russian: анальге́тик (ru) m (analʹgétik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аналгетик m

  Latin: аnalgetik m

• Slovak: analgézia f
• Slovene: analgetik m
• Spanish: analgésico (es) m
• Swedish: analgetika (sv) c
• Tamil: வலிநீக்கி (valinīkki)
• Thai: ยาบรรเทาปวด (yaa-ban-tao-bpùuat)
• Turkish: analjezik (tr)
• Ukrainian: анальгетик m (analʹhetyk)
• Urdu: مُسَـکِّن (musa-kkin)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• painkiller

References

• "Analgesics". MeSH 2010, National Library of Medicine.
  • WHO Guidelines on the Pharmacological Treatment of Persisting Pain in Children with Medical Illnesses, (2012) World Health Organization

Adjective

analgesic (comparative more analgesic, superlative most analgesic)

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

Translations

of or relating to analgesia

• Catalan: analgèsic
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: analgetický m
• Esperanto: analgezika
• Finnish: kipua lievittävä, analgeettinen (fi)
• Galician: analxésico (gl)
• German: analgetisch (de)
• Greek: αναλγητικός (el) m (analgitikós)
• Irish: anailgéiseach
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• Italian: analgesico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smertestillende (no)

  Nynorske: smertestillande

• Portuguese: analgésico
• Romanian: analgezic (ro) m or n
• Russian: анальгети́ческий (ru) (analʹgetíčeskij), болеутоля́ющий (ru) (boleutoljájuščij), обезбо́ливающий (ru) (obezbólivajuščij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: analgetski, analgètičkī (sh)

• Spanish: analgésico (es) m

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “analgesic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “analgesia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• analgesic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• angelicas