as in sedative
something (as a drug) that relieves pain
the doctor prescribed an analgesic and rest for my injured knee
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as in anesthetic
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Recent Examples of analgesic
Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
Participants who’d been issued at least two acetaminophen prescriptions within six months – and not in combination with other analgesics like codeine – were defined as exposed to acetaminophen.
—New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2024
Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2024
Nettle is said to have an analgesic effect, which is said to help with joint diseases such as rheumatism or osteoarthritis.
—Katharina Walser, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Peppermint Oil Peppermint oil is a topical analgesic that may help alleviate pain from tense jaw muscles associated with TMJ dysfunction.
—Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
Participants who’d been issued at least two acetaminophen prescriptions within six months – and not in combination with other analgesics like codeine – were defined as exposed to acetaminophen.
—New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2024
Adjective
In the study, a team of researchers led by the neuroscientists Francis Lee at Weill Cornell Medicine and Anjali Rajadhyaksha at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University blocked the rewarding properties of opioids in mice while preserving the drugs’ analgesic effects.
—Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2024
Nettle is said to have an analgesic effect, which is said to help with joint diseases such as rheumatism or osteoarthritis.
—Katharina Walser, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for analgesic
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Jeff Getting: The evidence introduced at the trial was … contained in the autopsy report, which didn't find any significant evidence of sedatives … But Kate Fox also testified that Linda had discussed ways of getting rid of her husband, including running him over with a car.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
20 May 2025
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Florida uses a three-drug cocktail for its lethal injection: a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Corrections Department.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Ketamine is known as a dissociative anesthetic or dissociative hallucinogen.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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On April 3, he was called to administer anesthetic shots for horses at a property located about 60 miles west of Las Vegas, Shawna Gonzalez, the property owner, told 8 News Now.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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She was told to take painkillers by her teachers, according to the complaint.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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Sometimes, too much functionality can be overkill, like taking a prescription painkiller for a minor headache when an aspirin or two would do the trick.—
TK Keanini,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Ventura readily admitted to a serious opiate addiction and feeling jealousy, especially early on, over Combs’ relationships with other women, including the mother of three his children, Kim Porter.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
16 May 2025
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Thousands of inmates wrongly tested positive for opiate use inside California state prisons last year because of a laboratory mistake, and civil rights attorneys now worry many of them could be denied parole and a chance at freedom because of it.—
Salvador Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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According to the municipal code, tranquilizers can be used as a means of capture.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
30 May 2025
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The amount of fentanyl appears to be dropping (see above), while the amount of animal tranquilizers, such as medetomidine and xylazine, is rising.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Trump administration has been relentless about scrubbing government websites of all mentions of climate change, no matter how anodyne, but this was gentle stuff.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
6 Apr. 2025
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Take something as seemingly anodyne as solving math problems, which can sometimes be a surprising weakness in LLMs.—
Steven Levy,
Wired News,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Viewers will nonetheless find themselves under the series’ hypnotic hold.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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Ramsay, working with master cinematographer Seamus McGarvey, builds a world of images that’s hypnotic one minute and jolting you awake the next.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
21 May 2025
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“Analgesic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analgesic. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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