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Anodyne

Anodyne Meaning & Definition
Anodyne Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Anodyne?

[n] a medicine used in to relieve pain
[adj] capable of relieving pain; "the anodyne properties of certain drugs"; "an analgesic effect"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Anodyne: analgesic | analgesic | analgetic | moderating | pain pill | painkiller

Related Terms | Find terms related to Anodyne: alcohol | alleviating | alleviative | alleviator | amobarbital sodium | Amytal | Amytal pill | analgesic | anesthetic | assuager | assuasive | balm | balmy | balsamic | barb | barbiturate | barbiturate pill | benumbing | black stuff | blue | blue angel | blue devil | blue heaven | blue velvet | calmant | calmative | cathartic | chloral hydrate | cleansing | codeine | codeine cough syrup | cushion | deadening | Demerol | demulcent | depressant | depressor | dolly | Dolophine | dolorifuge | downer | dulling | easing | emollient | goofball | H | hard stuff | heroin | hop | horse | hypnotic | junk | knockout drops | laudanum | lenitive | liquor | lotus | Luminal | Luminal pill | M | meperidine | methadone | Mickey Finn | mitigating | mitigative | mitigator | moderator | modulator | mollifier | morphia | morphine | narcotic | Nembutal | Nembutal pill | nepenthe | numbing | opiate | opium | pacificator | pacifier | pain killer | pain-killer | pain-killing | palliative | paregoric | peacemaker | pen yan | phenobarbital | phenobarbital sodium | purgative | purple heart | quietener | quietening | rainbow | red | relieving | remedial | restraining hand | salve | scag | secobarbital sodium | Seconal | Seconal pill | sedative | shit | shock absorber | sleeper | sleep-inducer | sleep-inducing | sleeping draught | sleeping pill | smack | sodium thiopental | softening | somnifacient | somniferous | soother | soothing | soothing syrup | soporific | stabilizer | subduing | tar | temperer | tranquilizer | tranquilizing | Tuinal | Tuinal pill | turps | white stuff | wiser head | yellow | yellow jacket

See Also | acetaminophen | acetanilid | acetanilide | acetophenetidin | acetphenetidin | acetylsalicylic acid | amidopyrine | aminopyrine | Anacin III | aspirin | Bayer | codeine | colchine | Darvon | Datril | Dilaudid | Empirin | hydromorphone | hydromorphone hydrochloride | medicament | medication | medicinal drug | medicine | morphia | morphine | Panadol | pentazocine | phenacetin | Phenaphen | phenazopyridine | phenylacetamide | propoxyphene | propoxyphene hydrochloride | Pyridium | sodium salicylate | Talwin | Tempra | Tylenol

Anodyne In Webster's Dictionary

\An"o*dyne\ ([a^]n"[-o]*d[imac]n), a. [L. anodynus, Gr. ? free from pain, stilling pain; 'an priv. + ? pain: cf. F. anodin.] Serving to assuage pain; soothing. The anodyne draught of oblivion. --Burke. Note: ``The word [in a medical sense] in chiefly applied to the different preparations of opium, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and lettuce.'' --Am. Cyc.
\An"o*dyne\, n. [L. anodynon. See {Anodyne}, a.] Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.

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