different between analgesic vs anesthetic

English

Etymology

From analgesia (“absence of pain”) +? -ic, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ??- (an-, “without”) + ??????? (álg?sis, “sense of pain”), from ????? (álgos, “pain”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?æn.l??d?i?.z?k/, /?æn.l??d?i?.s?k/
• Rhymes: -i?z?k

Noun

analgesic (plural analgesics)

1. (pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)
   • 2004, Jocoby, David B. and Youngson, R. M., Encyclopedia of Family Health, Marshall Cavendish, pg. 137:

     I am taking an analgesic. Is it safe to drink alcholic beverages?

   • 2010, Associated Press staff, Cadence signs option to buy Incline (original copy), Bloomberg Businessweek:

     Incline makes Ionsys, a potential analgesic for adult inpatients requiring opioid pain treatment after surgery.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:analgesic

Translations

See also

• painkiller

References

• "Analgesics". MeSH 2010, National Library of Medicine.
  • WHO Guidelines on the Pharmacological Treatment of Persisting Pain in Children with Medical Illnesses, (2012) World Health Organization

Adjective

analgesic (comparative more analgesic, superlative most analgesic)

1. (pharmacology) Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.
   1. (of medicine) Acting to relieve pain; being an analgesic.
   2. (of a person, etc) Unable to feel pain.
      • 1896, Philadelphia General Hospital, Reports: Collected Reprints, page 138:

        With the exception of the foot and a small area over the malar bone, the entire left side of the body is analgesic and anaesthetic. This extends to the exact median line of the body, including the left half of the tongue, nose and chin, […]

      • 1924, Maurice Walter Keatinge, Suggestion in Education:

        (I find that he is analgesic and anaesthetic; evidently he is in a state of passive somnambulism.)

        E. A. Did you feel anybody touch you?

        K. No. There's no one near me. (He continues laughing and talking. […] )

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “analgesic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• analgesia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• analgesic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• angelicas

English

Alternative forms

• anaesthetic (British)
• anæsthetic (obsolete)
• anesthesic
• anesthetical

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (anaísth?tos, “insensible”), from ??- (an-, “un-”) + ?????????? (aisth?tikós, “perceptible”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn?s???t?k/, (nonstandard) /?æn?s?t?t?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

anesthetic (comparative more anesthetic, superlative most anesthetic)

1. (American spelling) Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.
2. Insensate: unable to feel, or unconscious.
   • 1924, Maurice Walter Keatinge, Suggestion in Education:

     (I find that he is analgesic and anaesthetic; evidently he is in a state of passive somnambulism.)

     E. A. Did you feel anybody touch you?

     K. No. There's no one near me. (He continues laughing and talking. […] )

   • 1984, B. R. Hergenhahn, An Introduction to Theories of Personality, Prentice Hall:

     Though physically capable of attaining sex rewards, he is anesthetic; though capable of aggression, he is meek; though capable of affection, he is cold and unresponsive.

   • 2012, H.L. Mencken, Mencken Chrestomathy, Vintage (?ISBN), page 189:

     He is anesthetic to their theological and political enthusiasms. He finds himself an alien at their feasts of soul.

Derived terms

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Translations

Noun

anesthetic (plural anesthetics)

1. (American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
   • 1994, Anesthetics (Ophthalmic) (original version), Drugs.com:

     After a local anesthetic is applied to the eye, do not rub or wipe the eye until the anesthetic has worn off and feeling in the eye returns.

   • 2004, Jacoby, David B. and Youngson, R. M., Encyclopedia of Family Health, Marshall Cavendish, pg. 91.

     Modern anesthetics can be divided into several different groups according to how and where they act to reduce pain.

     During premedication, the anesthetist may give a patient drugs that make him or her feel relaxed and drowsy before the actual general anesthetic is administered.

Translations

References

• "Anesthetics", 2010 MeSH, National Library of Medicine.

Further reading

• anesthetic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• chainettes, entheastic