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How to use analgesic in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, adjective

Analgesic means any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.). Example: “In severe cases, polytherapy is indicated (including corticosteroids, analgesics, arthroplasty, physical therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy).”

Examples of analgesic by meaning

nounAny medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast...

  • I am taking an analgesic.2004, Jocoby, David B. and Youngson, R. M., Encyclopedia of Family Health, Marshall Cavendish, page 137

More sentences with analgesic

  • In severe cases, polytherapy is indicated (including corticosteroids, analgesics, arthroplasty, physical therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy).From the entry polytherapy
  • The aches and pains died down after taking an analgesic.From the entry ache
  • These antidepressants potentiate the analgesic action of opiates.From the entry potentiate
  • Additionally, as pointed out previously, health care professionals are frequently not trained to prescribe opioid analgesics.2015 August 28, Darko Krnic et al., “National consumption of opioid and nonopioid analgesics in Croatia: 2007–2013”, in Therapeutics and…. From the entry opiophobia
  • Another important Brazilian indigenous plant is the caapeba, or Potomorphe peltatum, used as an analgesic, anti-inflammatory and anti-spasmodic medicine.1983(?), Brazil, page 31. From the entry caapeba
  • Single minimal analgesic doses of methadon and metopon seldom produce significant euphoric reaction in either non-addicts or former morphine addicts.1949, U.S. Navy Medicine, page 5. From the entry methadon
  • Methods including oral administration or intramuscular injection of analgesic drugs, local application of nitroglycerin ointment, and injection of kreotoxin have been commonly used to alleviate postoperative pain.2016 March, Feng Xiang, Jing-Juan Feng, “Postoperative analgesic effect of methylene blue compound in anal diseases”, in International…. From the entry kreotoxin
  • Isoflurane induced an EEG with burst suppression without any SWDs, the combination of the neurolept analgesic anaesthesia mixture allowed the occurrence of SWD after isoflurane was washed-out.2015 August 12, “Unilateral and Bilateral Cortical Resection: Effects on Spike-Wave Discharges in a Genetic Absence Epilepsy Model”, in…. From the entry neurolept
  • I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics.1988, E[dward] J[ames] Moran Campbell, Not Always on the Level, [London]: British Medical Journal, →ISBN, page 194. From the entry thalidomide

Meaning of analgesic

  1. noun Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.).
  2. adjective Acting to relieve pain; being an analgesic.
  3. adjective Unable to feel pain.

Full definition of analgesic

Questions about analgesic in a sentence

How do you use analgesic in a sentence?
Analgesic is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “In severe cases, polytherapy is indicated (including corticosteroids, analgesics, arthroplasty, physical therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy).”
What is a short sentence with analgesic?
“I am taking an analgesic.”
What does analgesic mean?
Analgesic means any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.).

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