antalgic
English
Etymology
From anti- + Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + -ic. Compare French antalgique.
Adjective
antalgic (comparative more antalgic, superlative most antalgic)
- (medicine) alleviating pain
Noun
antalgic (plural antalgics)
- Any medicine to alleviate pain; an anodyne.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for antalgic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- galactin