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
Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
Hemp contains cannabinoids like CBD and CBN, which have relaxing, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, analgesic, and antidepressant properties that may be useful for helping insomnia, reducing anxiety, and inducing a sense of calm.
—Valentina Bottoni, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024
New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2024
Chronic pain: Due to its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties, CBD has been shown to reduce pain.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
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Noun
May Reduce Inflammation Carom seeds have potent analgesic (pain relief) and anti-inflammatory properties.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
Hemp contains cannabinoids like CBD and CBN, which have relaxing, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, analgesic, and antidepressant properties that may be useful for helping insomnia, reducing anxiety, and inducing a sense of calm.
—Valentina Bottoni, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024
Adjective
The standalone analgesic effect that mindfulness produces could be leveraged to help people living with painful conditions.
—New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2024
Chronic pain: Due to its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties, CBD has been shown to reduce pain.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
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And among the plants included were Egyptian blue water lily and Syrian rue, which contain hallucinogenic, medicinal, intoxicating and sedative properties that can alter perception and enhance visionary experiences, Tanasi said.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
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Surgeons commonly do the procedure with patients awake, using local anesthesia (numbing injections) plus an oral sedative, like Xanax, to quell anxiety.Jolene Edgar, Allure, 20 Nov. 2024
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Some practitioners, like Dr. Soni, use a local anesthetic cream and ice on the area, others just go straight to injecting.Tori Crowther, Allure, 11 Dec. 2024
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Multimodal analgesia uses a combination of at least two medications or anesthetic techniques, each relieving pain through distinct mechanisms.Heather Margonari, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2024
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OxyContin, a painkiller, spurred an epidemic of opioid addiction.Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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The idea of a painkiller that’s effective, non-addictive, and doesn’t wreck your body sounds almost too good to be true—but that’s exactly what this research aims to deliver.Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Most of them suffer from opiate addiction or some form of mental illness.Andrea O'Connor, Baltimore Sun, 13 Nov. 2024
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In a video posted to YouTube Monday (Nov. 4), the producer tells this story alongside Jordan Hamilton, the CEO of Choice House, the Colorado addiction and mental health treatment center for men where Illenium (born Nick Miller) got sober more than a decade ago after an opiate addiction.Katie Bain, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the park, the medical outreach team handed out glass pipes and test kits that can detect fentanyl or veterinary tranquilizer in drugs before they’re consumed, possibly saving lives.Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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An Ohio woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison this week for injecting her estranged husband with an animal tranquilizer — and then burying his body — during an attack that was partially captured on a vehicle dash camera.Antonio Planas, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Read full email › Mr. Biden’s language tends to be more anodyne.Lazaro Gamio, New York Times, 18 July 2024
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Notable features: Everyone on this show is hot in anodyne, unremarkable ways, and none of the drama is especially striking.Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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Except as a form of hypnotic relaxation, even watching seems beside the point.Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Born January 12, 1935 in Montclair, New Jersey, George Kresge was inspired to become a mentalist by Lee Falk’s crime solving comic strip Mandrake the Magician, whose work was based on an unusually fast hypnotic technique.Marc Berman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Analgesic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analgesic. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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