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painkiller
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun painkiller has 1 sense
- painkiller(n = noun.artifact) analgesic, anodyne, pain pill - a medicine used to relieve pain; Array has particulars: acetaminophen, anacin iii, datril, panadol, phenaphen, tempra, tylenol, acetanilid, acetanilide, phenylacetamide, acetophenetidin, acetphenetidin, phenacetin, amidopyrine, aminopyrine, acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin, bayer, empirin, st. joseph, codeine, colchicine, fentanyl, sublimaze, dilaudid, hydromorphone, hydromorphone hydrochloride, morphia, morphine, pentazocine, talwin, phenazopyridine, pyridium, darvon, propoxyphene, propoxyphene hydrochloride, sodium salicylate
is a kind of medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine
OXFORD DICTIONARY
painkiller, n. a medicine or drug for alleviating pain.
Derivative
painkilling adj.
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