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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Recent Examples of analgesic
Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 20 May 2025
The term is an adjective that has also become a noun, describing one of the most common analgesic procedures available in modern medicine.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 19 July 2025
This is a novel analgesic mechanism with no known risk of central nervous system side effects.
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
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Noun
One of the primary appeals of medical marijuana is its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
—Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 20 May 2025
The term is an adjective that has also become a noun, describing one of the most common analgesic procedures available in modern medicine.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
Hospitals were able to replenish their supplies of antibiotics, sterile gauze, analgesics, and surgical equipment.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 19 July 2025
This is a novel analgesic mechanism with no known risk of central nervous system side effects.
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for analgesic
Noun
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At higher doses, kratom can be used as a sedative and potentially cause psychosis.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Yet, unlike cortisol, oxytocin will have an effect on your body akin to that of a sedative.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Dental surgeon William Thomas Green Morton saw the case as the perfect opportunity to test his anesthetic breathing apparatus in the hospital’s amphitheater.—
RJ Mackenzie,
Popular Science,
3 Sep. 2025
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Perry, who died at age 54 from the acute effects of the anesthetic ketamine, with drowning a contributing factor, previously detailed how his friends helped him in his memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The biopic depicts Kerr’s career from his glory days as a pioneer of MMA and UFC to his struggles with his addiction to painkillers.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Opioid addiction is distressingly common in nearly every contact and combat sport, but Kerr was isolated from the endemic abuse of painkillers in the industry.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Both have been charged with first-degree murder, three counts of possession of opiate, opium, narcotic, or certain stimulant, and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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Officers deployed Narcan, a nasal spray commonly used to reverse the impacts of an opiate overdose, to those who were exposed, Waters said.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Jacintha, a horseback rider, was familiar with ketamine as a horse tranquilizer but had never heard of it as a last-stop mental health treatment for treatment-resistant patients like Lucy, who was diagnosed with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The program tests for various drugs, including cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl and other opioids, as well as xylazine, an animal tranquilizer that authorities have warned is increasingly being found mixed in with other drugs.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The text, which reads as though it was written by AI, is at times anodyne, at times confusing, but always free of specifics.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
2 Sep. 2025
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The kitchen needs to turn out three meals a day that are creative enough to draw in finicky locals, anodyne enough to satisfy an international clientele, and sturdy enough to survive the room-service gauntlet.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The drink is known for its mild euphoria and depressant effects.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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For a generation whose existence is mostly, if not entirely, lived through devices, peering through the hypnotic glow of their phone screens at a picture-in-picture playback of the events unfolding in front of them is an extension, or even an evolution, of the experience.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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The film is a mess, opaque in its argument and tiring in its effortful weirdness, and yet in its best moments has a hypnotic pull.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Analgesic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analgesic. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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