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antineuralgic

antineuralgic adjective: counteracting neuralgia.

Adjective

antineuralgic (comparative more antineuralgic, superlative most antineuralgic)

  1. Counteracting neuralgia.
    • The therapeutic action of alphol is said to be similar to that of salol. Pancreatic and the intestinal juices decompose alphol into salicylic acid and alpha-naphthol. The new remedy is recommended as antiseptic, antineuralgic, and antirheumatic.1897, David Cerna, Notes on the Newer Remedies, page 178

Noun

antineuralgic (plural antineuralgics)

  1. Any agent that counteracts neuralgia.

Forms of antineuralgic

Adjective
comparativemore antineuralgic
superlativemost antineuralgic
Noun
pluralantineuralgics

Origin of antineuralgic

From anti- + neuralgic.

Questions about antineuralgic

What does antineuralgic mean?
Antineuralgic means counteracting neuralgia.
What part of speech is antineuralgic?
Antineuralgic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antineuralgic in the dictionary

  1. antinephritics
  2. antinephrotoxic
  3. antinepotism
  4. antinepotistic
  5. antineural
  6. antineuralgic
  7. antineuralgics
  8. antineuraminidase
  9. antineuritic
  10. antineurodegenerative
  11. antineurogenesis

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