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PAINKILLER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medicine used to relieve pain
Synonyms:
analgesic; anodyne; pain pill; painkiller
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("painkiller" is a kind of...):
medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "painkiller"):
acetaminophen; Anacin III; Datril; Panadol; Phenaphen; Tempra; Tylenol (an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets))
acetanilid; acetanilide; phenylacetamide; acetophenetidin; acetphenetidin; phenacetin (a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic)
amidopyrine; aminopyrine (a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic)
acetylsalicylic acid; aspirin; Bayer; Empirin; St. Joseph (the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets)
codeine (derivative of opium; used as an antitussive (to relieve coughing) and an analgesic (to relieve pain))
colchicine (an analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to treat gout)
Fentanyl; Sublimaze (trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations; also abused as a recreational drug)
Dilaudid; hydromorphone; hydromorphone hydrochloride (a narcotic analgesic (trade name Dilaudid) used to treat moderate to severe pain)
morphia; morphine (an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain)
pentazocine; Talwin (analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine)
phenazopyridine; Pyridium (analgesic (trade name Pyridium) used to treat urinary tract infections)
Darvon; propoxyphene; propoxyphene hydrochloride (a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive)
sodium salicylate (a crystalline salt used as an analgesic and antipyretic)
