different between analgesic vs colchicum

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

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kolkhikón).

Noun

colchicum (countable and uncountable, plural colchicums)

1. (countable) Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum.
2. (uncountable, medicine) The dried seed of the poisonous meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale, used medicinally.
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 87:

     Book VI deals with surgery, including an account of tracheotomy, and a final long book is taken up with drugs, including the use of colchicum for gout.

Related terms

• colchicine

Latin

Adjective

colchicum

1. nominative neuter singular of colchicus
2. accusative masculine singular of colchicus
3. accusative neuter singular of colchicus
4. vocative neuter singular of colchicus