Antalgic
adj.
1775, from greek ant-, form of anti- used before vowels (see anti-), + algos “pain” (see -algia). as a noun, recorded from 1753.
antalgic ant·al·gic (ānt-āl’jĭk)
adj.
-n-lgesic.
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