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| acetaminophen |
a drug used to relieve pain and reduce fever but which does not significantly reduce inflammation. |
| acetanilide |
a white crystalline organic powder produced by the effect of acetic acid on aniline and used to relieve pain and fever. |
| acetophenetidin |
a white powder or crystalline solid used to relieve fever and pain; phenacetin. |
| ache |
to produce or experience a dull, constant pain. [2/4 definitions] |
| acupressure |
a process or technique intended to relieve pain or cure disease by the application of pressure with the hands to specific parts of the body. [1/2 definitions] |
| acupuncture |
a traditional Chinese practice of pricking certain parts of the body with fine needles to relieve pain or cure disease. [1/2 definitions] |
| aeroembolism |
nitrogen or air bubbles in the bloodstream, caused by severe decompression, surgery, or injury, and resulting in severe pain and sometimes convulsions; bends; decompression sickness; caisson disease. |
| affliction |
a condition of pain or suffering, or the cause of such a state. |
| afflictive |
marked by or causing pain or suffering. |
| ah |
used to express surprise, joy, pain, agreement, dislike, and other emotions or reactions according to the context. |
| -algia |
pain. |
| analgesia |
in medicine, an absence of pain sensations. |
| analgesic |
a drug, lotion, or the like that relieves pain. [2 definitions] |
| anesthesia |
complete or partial inability to perceive bodily sensation such as pain. [2 definitions] |
| anesthetize |
to render unable to perceive bodily sensations such as pain, esp. with an anesthetic. |
| angina |
a condition or disease marked by inflammation of the throat, spasmodic pain, and a sensation of suffocation. [1/2 definitions] |
| angina pectoris |
severe recurrent pain in the chest caused by a sudden decrease in the amount of blood flowing to the heart muscle. |
| anguish |
unbearable pain or suffering, esp. psychological. [2 definitions] |
| anguished |
feeling or showing great suffering or pain. |
| anodyne |
a medication that reduces pain. [2/4 definitions] |
| APC |
a pain-relieving white substance consisting of aspirin, phenacetin, and caffeine, usu. taken to reduce fevers. |
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