antalgic

English

Etymology

From anti- + Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + -ic. Compare French antalgique.

Adjective

antalgic (comparative more antalgic, superlative most antalgic)

  1. (medicine) alleviating pain

Noun

antalgic (plural antalgics)

  1. Any medicine to alleviate pain; an anodyne.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for antalgic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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