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analgetisch — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • analgesic noun Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)
  • anodyne adjective Deliberately bland and inoffensive, so mild that it cannot upset or interest anyone.

Senses

analgetisch is used for these senses in English:

  • analgesic (pharmaceutical effect) Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.
  • anodyne (pharmaceutical effect) Capable of soothing or eliminating pain. [from 16th c.]

anodyne — full definition

  1. adjective Deliberately bland and inoffensive, so mild that it cannot upset or interest anyone.
  2. noun Something that soothes distress or takes the edge off pain.
  3. adjective Relieving pain.

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