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anodynous

anodynous adjective: anodyne.

Adjective

anodynous (comparative more anodynous, superlative most anodynous)

  1. Anodyne.
    • [S]ome Bodies taken into that of a Man, are deoppilating, others inciding, reſolving, diſcuſſing, ſuppurating, abſterſive of noxious adherences, and thickning the Blood and humors, being aſtringent, Anodinous or appeaſing paine &c.1671, Robert Boyle, “An Introduction to the History of Particular Qualities. Chapter I.”, in Tracts […]. About the Cosmicall Qualities of Things. […], London: […] W[illiam] H[all] for Ric[hard]...

Forms of anodynous

comparativemore anodynous
superlativemost anodynous

Origin of anodynous

From Latin anōdynus.

Questions about anodynous

What does anodynous mean?
Anodynous means anodyne.
What part of speech is anodynous?
Anodynous is an adjective.

Words near anodynous in the dictionary

  1. anodyne necklaces
  2. anodyne-necklace
  3. anodynes
  4. anodynia
  5. anodynic
  6. anodynous
  7. anodyspareunia
  8. anoesis
  9. anoestra
  10. anoestrous
  11. anoestrum

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