Anodynic
a medicine that relieves or allays pain.
anything that relieves distress or pain:
the music was an anodyne to his grief.
relieving pain.
soothing to the mind or feelings.
noun
a drug that relieves pain; -n-lgesic
anything that alleviates mental distress
adjective
capable of relieving pain or distress
adj.
1540s, from medieval latin anodynus “pain-removing, allaying pain,” from latin anodynus “painless,” from greek anodynos “free from pain,” from an- “without” (see an- (1)) + odyne “pain,” a word perhaps from pie root -ed- “to eat” (cf., from the same root, lithuanian edžioti “to devour, bite,” edžiotis “to suffer pain;” see eat). in old slang, frequently a euphemism for “death;” e.g. anodyne necklace “hangman’s noose.”
anodyne an·o·dyne (ān’ə-dīn’)
n.
an agent that relieves pain.
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