From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishanalgesican‧al‧ge‧sic /ˌænəlˈdʒiːzɪk◂/ noun [countable] technical a drug that reduces pain SYN painkiller Aspirin is a popular analgesic. —analgesic adjective [only before noun] drugs that have an analgesic effect on ulcers
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analgesic• She was not initially X-rayed because of her pregnant condition, but was advised to rest and to take an analgesic.• It was better than an analgesic in her blood.• Skeletal muscle relaxing agents and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are often used but probably are of no more benefit than simple aspirin-based analgesics.• The rest of us find paracetamol an effective analgesic with no important side effects and have no need of an antidote.• That is an argument for having a range of effective analgesics, but hardly for continuing to multiply their numbers indefinitely.• In the majority, pain responded well to minor analgesics.• It was named enkephalin and its discovery was a major advance in the search for new analgesics. 