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antipain

antipain adjective: preventing or counteracting pain; analgesic.

Adjective

antipain (not comparable)

  1. Preventing or counteracting pain; analgesic.

Noun

antipain (uncountable)

  1. An oligopeptide, produced by Actinomycetes and other bacteria, that acts as a protease inhibitor

Origin of antipain

From anti- + pain.

Questions about antipain

What does antipain mean?
Antipain means preventing or counteracting pain; analgesic.
What part of speech is antipain?
Antipain can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antipain in the dictionary

  1. antipackets
  2. antipaedobaptism
  3. antipaedobaptist
  4. antipaedobaptists
  5. antipaedophile
  6. antipain
  7. antipairing
  8. antipalindromic
  9. antipaludic
  10. antipamozole
  11. antipandemic

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