an|o|dyne

an|o|dyne
an|o|dyne «AN uh dyn», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a medicine or drug that lessens pain. Bromides, chloroform, and ether are anodynes. Aspirin is an anodyne that does not cause unconsciousness.
2. Figurative. anything that soothes.
–adj.
1. lessening pain.
2. Figurative. soothing.
[< Latin anōdynus < Greek an painless < an- without + odýnē pain]

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