Analgesic vs Api - What's the difference?
analgesic | api |
(pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain without inducing unconsciousness.
* 2004 , Jocoby, David B. and Youngson, R. M., Encyclopedia of Family Health , Marshall Cavendish,
* 2010 , Associated Press staff,
In pharmacology terms the difference between analgesic and api
is that analgesic is any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain without inducing unconsciousness while api is active pharmaceutical ingredient.As an adjective analgesic
is of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.analgesic
English
Noun
(en noun)pg. 137:
- I am taking an analgesic . Is it safe to drink alcholic beverages?
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- Incline makes Ionsys, a potential analgesic for adult inpatients requiring opioid pain treatment after surgery.
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* See alsoReferences
* "Analgesics]". [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html MeSH 2010, National Library of Medicine.