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painkiller

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    From pain + killer.

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    painkiller (plural painkillers)

    1. (pharmacology) A drug that numbs the pain in the body.
      Synonyms: PK (initialism, informal), analgesic (noun)
      Near-synonym: analgesia
      • 2012 November 15, Maxwell Newfield, “Prescription drug deaths: Two stories”, in CNN[1]:
        While taking one pill and dying is rare, dying accidentally after using painkillers inappropriately is common. [] The prescription painkiller Emily Jackson took is a respiratory depressant that slows breathing. That in combination with the alcohol, another respiratory depressant, overwhelmed her brain, which stopped giving her heart and lungs the signal to keep functioning.
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