noun Download 🔗Share Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.) Examples : "Taking an analgesic helped relieve my headache so I could focus on my math homework. " medicine substance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (pharmaceutical effect) Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne. Examples : "The doctor prescribed an analgesic medication to relieve her headache. " medicine physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading