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Definition of Painkiller
1. Noun. A medicine used to relieve pain.
Specialized synonyms: Acetaminophen, Anacin Iii, Datril, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, Tylenol, Acetanilid, Acetanilide, Phenylacetamide, Acetophenetidin, Acetphenetidin, Phenacetin, Amidopyrine, Aminopyrine, Acetylsalicylic Acid, Aspirin, Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph, Codeine, Colchicine, Fentanyl, Sublimaze, Dilaudid, Hydromorphone, Hydromorphone Hydrochloride, Morphia, Morphine, Pentazocine, Talwin, Phenazopyridine, Pyridium, Darvon, Propoxyphene, Propoxyphene Hydrochloride, Sodium Salicylate
Generic synonyms: Medicament, Medication, Medicinal Drug, Medicine
Derivative terms: Analgesic, Anodyne
Definition of Painkiller
1. Noun. A drug that numbs the pain in the body ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Painkiller
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Painkiller
Literary usage of Painkiller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commercial Law Reports (annotated): Being Reports of Important Decisions by W. R. P. Parker (1904)
"Plaintiffs sold liquor medicine put up in bottles, labelled " Perry Davis's
Vegetable painkiller." Defendant subsequently sold a similar kind of medicine ..."
2. Western Field by Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.), California Game and Fish Protective Association (1905)
"painkiller insisted upon taking unusual precautions to throw possible spies off the
... While en route painkiller regaled me with hair-raising tales of his ..."
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