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Analgesic vs Cinchophen - What's the difference?

analgesic | cinchophen |

As nouns the difference between analgesic and cinchophen

is that analgesic is analgesic while cinchophen is an analgesic drug used to treat gout in animals (and, until the 1930s, in humans, when it was found to cause liver damage).

As an adjective analgesic

is analgesic.

analgesic

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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, pg. 137:
    • I am taking an analgesic . Is it safe to drink alcholic beverages?
  • * 2010 , Associated Press staff, Cadence signs option to buy Incline] ([http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9GFT6CO0.htm original copy), Bloomberg Businessweek:
    • Incline makes Ionsys, a potential analgesic for adult inpatients requiring opioid pain treatment after surgery.

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    References

    * " Analgesics]". [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html MeSH 2010 , National Library of Medicine.

    See also

    * painkiller

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "analgesic")

    References

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    Anagrams

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    cinchophen

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia cinchophen)
  • An analgesic drug used to treat gout in animals (and, until the 1930s, in humans, when it was found to cause liver damage).