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  • 81palliative — adj 1. alleviative, alleviatory, mitiga tive, mitigatory, lenitive, Med. abirritant; mollifying, soothing, calming, Med. calmative, assuasive, demulcent; relaxing, numbing, dulling, anesthetic; pain killing, anodyne, Med. analgesic, deadening. n… …

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  • 82sedative — adj 1. calming, soothing, lenitive, palliative, assuasive, allaying, alleviative, balsamic, pleasing; anodyne, Med. analgesic, anesthetic, pain killing, deadening, numbing; sleep inducing, soporific, opiate, narcotic, Lethean, hypnotic. n 2.… …

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  • 83sedative — [adj] soothing allaying, anodyne, calmative, calming, lenitive, relaxing, sleepinducing, soporific, tranquillizing; concept 537 Ant. agitating, excitative, upsetting sedative [n] soothing agent, medicine analgesic, anodyne, barbiturate, calmant,… …

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  • 84aminopyrine — noun a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic • Syn: ↑amidopyrine • Hypernyms: ↑analgesic, ↑anodyne, ↑painkiller, ↑pain pill * * * əˌmēnōˈpīˌrēn, aˌ , rə̇n; ˌaməˌnōˈ n …

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  • 85acesodyne — əˈsesəˌdīn adjective Etymology: Greek akesōdynos, from akesis healing, cure + odynē pain : mitigating or relieving pain : anodyne * * * acesodynous /as euh sod n euhs/, adj. /euh ses euh duyn /, adj. mitigating pain; anodyne. [ < Gk akesódyn( …

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  • 86compound spirit of ether — an anodyne mixture of alcohol, ether, and a small quantity of ethereal oil called also Hoffmann s anodyne …

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  • 87Anodynous — An o*dy nous, a. Anodyne. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 88Antalgic — An*tal gic, a. [Pref. anti + Gr. ? pain: cf. F. antalgique.] (Med.) Alleviating pain. n. A medicine to alleviate pain; an anodyne. [R.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 89Citizen — Cit i*zen, n. [OE. citisein, OF. citeain, F. citoyen, fr. cit[ e] city. See {City}, and cf. {Cit}.] 1. One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to its… …

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  • 90Dover's Powder — Do ver s Pow der [From Dr. Dover, an English physician.] (Med.) A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States) with sulphate of potash, and in France (as in Dr …

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