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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Valentina Bottoni, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024
The family also has interests in property developers UOL Group, which has Wee’s younger brother Wee Ee Lim as chairman, and Kheng Leong, as well as Haw Par, maker of the iconic Tiger Balm analgesic and chaired by another younger sibling, Wee Ee Chao.
—Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2024
Natural Pain Reliever Kratom benefits individuals seeking natural pain relief, with some studies [2] supporting its analgesic effects.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
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Noun
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
The family also has interests in property developers UOL Group, which has Wee’s younger brother Wee Ee Lim as chairman, and Kheng Leong, as well as Haw Par, maker of the iconic Tiger Balm analgesic and chaired by another younger sibling, Wee Ee Chao.
—Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Adjective
Some research suggests that CBD may also influence how our brain perceives pain signals, further contributing to its analgesic effects.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2024
Natural Pain Reliever Kratom benefits individuals seeking natural pain relief, with some studies [2] supporting its analgesic effects.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
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The category also includes certain stimulants, sedatives and opioids.Aria Bendix, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024
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In more than 15 of those cases, police requested or suggested that emergency medical workers inject sedatives, such as ketamine or midazolam, to temporarily immobilize someone for transport.John Seewer and Reese Dunklin, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2024
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Procedures and surgeries used to stop ringing in the ears can include: Lidocaine injections: Local anesthetic medications like lidocaine block nerve signals in the skin to prevent pain.Carley Millhone, Health, 20 Oct. 2024
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Like many other women she's since encountered, Schwartz posted online to share her traumatic experience, asking why women’s pain has been normalized in gynecological procedures to the extent that no anesthetic or laughing gas is offered for relief.Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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California will receive $122 million in a settlement agreement with Kroger, the grocery chain and parent company of Ralphs, to resolve lawsuits over its alleged role in the opioid crisis and how its pharmacies dispensed prescription painkillers to customers.Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Exactly one month after the fatal shooting, Reed allegedly robbed two women of cash and a bag of painkiller pills on the 1600 block of 61st Avenue.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 1 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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Well, as Makena's investigation shows, for over a decade, he's been posting on Reddit about his use of a genuinely staggering range of drugs, including cocaine, various opiate derivatives, MDMA.Leah Feiger, WIRED, 17 Oct. 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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The typical modern player is a lone, distant figure, emerging to issue platitudes about remaining in the moment, taking it one game at a time, the language itself sanded down to an anodyne pallor.Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
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But nestled in this otherwise anodyne episode is a dream sequence that plays like something out of The Twilight Zone, and which had Barber and Sweetin almost at a loss for words.John Russell, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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And it’s been satisfyingly fun and hypnotic to use in my experience.Scott Kramer, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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The self gets effaced and re-created in so many cross hatches, small threads, and hypnotic patterns.Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Analgesic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analgesic. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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