Definition of Anodyne:

Anodynes and Analgesics (Gr. not pain, without pain, cures pain) are sedative nervines which relieve pain by either depressing sensory centers or impairing nerve-fiber conductivity: opium, morphine, belladonna, hyoscyamus, stramonium, coca, cocaine, hop, antipyrine, acetanilid, acetphenetidin [Culbreth1927, p 40-41].

Anodynes are medicines which relieve pain [Brown1878; Meyer1932].

Pain reliever [anonymous]/


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