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analgesic

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore A words

relating to or causing the relief of pain without inducing unconsciousness

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In a sentence

Analgesic in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing analgesic in a sentence.

The doctor prescribed an analgesic cream for the sore muscles.

Synonyms
pain-relievingnumbingpalliative
Antonyms

None listed.

Common questions

Questions about “analgesic

Analgesic (adjective) means relating to or causing the relief of pain without inducing unconsciousness
Here is analgesic used in an example sentence: "The doctor prescribed an analgesic cream for the sore muscles."
Common synonyms for analgesic include pain-relieving, numbing, palliative.
Analgesic is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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