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