antipain

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English

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ pain.

Adjective

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antipain (not comparable)

  1. Preventing or counteracting pain; analgesic.

Noun

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antipain (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) An oligopeptide, produced by Actinomycetes and other bacteria, that acts as a protease inhibitor