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Anaesthesia vs Painkiller - What's the difference?

anaesthesia | painkiller |

As nouns the difference between anaesthesia and painkiller

is that anaesthesia is (medicine) a method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain while painkiller is a drug that numbs the pain in the body.

anaesthesia

English

(wikipedia anaesthesia)

Alternative forms

* * anesthesia

Noun

  • (medicine) A method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain.
  • Loss or prevention of pain, as caused by anesthesia.

    • Related terms

    () * anaesthetize * anaesthetic * anaesthetics * anaesthesiologist * anaesthesiology

    References

    painkiller

    English

    Noun

  • A drug that numbs the pain in the body.

    • See also

    * analgesic

    External links

    * (wikipedia "painkiller")