smärtstillande — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anesthetic noun A drug used to stop pain or cause unconsciousness for a medical procedure.
- anodyne adjective Deliberately bland and inoffensive, so mild that it cannot upset or interest anyone.
- painkiller noun A medicine used to relieve pain.
Senses
smärtstillande is used for these senses in English:
- anesthetic (American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
- anodyne (pharmaceutical effect) Capable of soothing or eliminating pain. [from 16th c.]
- painkiller (pharmaceutical drug) A drug that numbs the pain in the body.
- painkilling Reducing or eliminating pain.
anesthetic — full definition
- noun A drug used to stop pain or cause unconsciousness for a medical procedure.
- adj Causing loss of sensation or reducing pain.
anodyne — full definition
- adjective Deliberately bland and inoffensive, so mild that it cannot upset or interest anyone.
- noun Something that soothes distress or takes the edge off pain.
- adjective Relieving pain.