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All aspirin synonyms

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noun aspirin

  • anesthetic — relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia
  • ointment — a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.
  • sedative — tending to calm or soothe.
  • opiate — a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
  • drug — the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood.
  • tranquilizer — a person or thing that tranquilizes.
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  • morphine — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
  • analgesic — An analgesic drug reduces the effect of pain.
  • anodyne — If you describe something as anodyne, you are criticizing it because it has no strong characteristics and is not likely to excite, interest, or upset anyone.
  • dope — any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
  • anaesthetic — Anaesthetic is a substance that doctors use to stop you feeling pain during an operation, either in the whole of your body when you are unconscious, or in a part of your body when you are awake.
  • alleviative — Also, alleviatory [uh-lee-vee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /əˈli vi əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/ (Show IPA). serving to alleviate; palliative.
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