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anodyne

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  1. 1. a. Serving to assuage pain; soothing. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. capable of relieving pain Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. a medicine used to relieve pain Source: wordnet
  5. 5. word/serving">Serving to word/assuage">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. Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings. Source: webster
  6. 6. Serving to assuage pain; soothing.The anodyne draught of oblivion. Burke. Source: adambom
  7. 7. j:100 n a medicine used to relieve pain s capable of relieving pain Source: ecdict

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