painkilling

English

Etymology

From pain +‎ killing.

Adjective

painkilling (not comparable)

1. Reducing or eliminating pain.

   Synonyms: pain-relieving, analgesic (adjective)

   The doctor prescribed a painkilling medication.

Related terms

• painkiller

Translations

reducing or eliminating pain

• Danish: smertestillende (da)
• Dutch: pijnstillend (nl)
• Georgian: ტკივილგამაყუჩებელი (ṭḳivilgamaq̇učebeli), გამაუტკივარებელი (gamauṭḳivarebeli), ანალგეტიკური (analgeṭiḳuri)
• German: schmerzstillend (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ὀδυνήφατος (odunḗphatos)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smertestillende (no)

• Swedish: smärtstillande (sv)
• Ukrainian: знебо́лювальний (znebóljuvalʹnyj)

See also

• analgesia
• analgesic (noun)