painkiller

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈpeɪnˌkɪlə(ɹ)

Definitions

A drug that numbs the pain in the body.

Equivalents

Españolanalgésico

Françaisanalgésique antidouleur

DeutschKopfschmerztablette Schmerzmittel

27 more languages

Afrikaanspynstiller

العربيةضِدَّ الأَلَم مسكن

བོད་སྐད།ན་ཟུག་འཇགས་ཡག་གི་སྨན ན་ཟུག་འཇགས་སྨན

Catalàanalgèsic

Češtinaanalgetikum

Cymraegpoenladdwr

Dansksmertestillende

Ελληνικάαναλγητικό παυσίπονο

Esperantokontraŭdolorilo

فارسیمسکن

Suomianalgeetti kipulääke särkylääke

Gaeilgepianmhúchán

Magyarfájdalomcsillapító

Հայերենցավազրկող

Italianoanalgesico antidolorifico

日本語痛み止め鎮静剤

ქართულიტკივილგამაყუჩებელი ტკივილგამაყუჩებელი საშუალება

한국어진통제

Македонскианалгетик

Nederlandspijnstiller

Portuguêsanalgésico

Românăanalgezic

Русскийанальгетик болеутоляющее обезболивающее

Svenskasmärtstillande

ไทยยาแก้ปวด

Türkçeağrı kesici

Українськазнеболювальне

Examples

“Near-synonym: analgesia”

“While taking one pill and dying is rare, dying accidentally after using painkillers inappropriately is common. […] The prescription painkiller Emily Jackson took is a respiratory depressant that slows breathing. That in combination with the alcohol, another respiratory depressant, overwhelmed her brain, which stopped giving her heart and lungs the signal to keep ⟳ functioning.”

CEFR level

C2

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See also

Painless Painlessly Painlessness painmaker painmaking Paino

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