different between analgesic vs neuralgia

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

Etymology

From New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (neûron, “nerve”) + ????? (álgos, “pain”); synchronically, neur- +? -algia.

Noun

neuralgia (countable and uncountable, plural neuralgias)

1. (pathology, neurology) An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.

Synonyms

• neuralgy
• neurodynia

Hyponyms

• sciatica

Derived terms

• neuralgic

Translations

See also

• neuritis

Further reading

• neuralgia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• neuralgia in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• neuralgia at OneLook Dictionary Search

Finnish

Noun

neuralgia

1. (pathology, neurology) neuralgia

Declension

Polish

Etymology

From English neuralgia, from New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (neûron, “nerve”) + ????? (álgos, “pain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??wral.??ja/

Noun

neuralgia f

1. (neurology, pathology) neuralgia (severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve)

   Synonyms: nerwoból, newralgia

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) neuralgiczny

Related terms

• (adverb) neuralgicznie

Further reading

• neuralgia in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• neuralgia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

neuralgia f (plural neuralgias)

1. Alternative form of nevralgia

Spanish

Etymology

From neuro- +? -algia.

Noun

neuralgia f (plural neuralgias)

1. (pathology, neurology) neuralgia

Derived terms

• neurálgico