kipua lievittävä — meaning in English
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English meaning
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analgesic
noun Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)
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anodyne
adjective Deliberately bland and inoffensive, so mild that it cannot upset or interest anyone.
Senses
kipua lievittävä is used for these senses in English:
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analgesic
(pharmaceutical effect) Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.
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anodyne
(pharmaceutical effect) Capable of soothing or eliminating pain. [from 16th c.]
anodyne — full definition
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adjective Deliberately bland and inoffensive, so mild that it cannot upset or interest anyone.
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noun Something that soothes distress or takes the edge off pain.
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adjective Relieving pain.
