Analgesic vs Medetomidine - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between analgesic and medetomidine

is that analgesic is analgesic while medetomidine is a synthetic drug used as both a surgical anesthetic and analgesic, molecular formula c₁₃h₁₆n₂.

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.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(medicine) Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.

External links

* (wikipedia "analgesic")

References

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Anagrams

medetomidine

English

(wikipedia medetomidine)

Noun

(-)

A synthetic drug used as both a surgical anesthetic and analgesic, molecular formula C₁₃H₁₆N₂.

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, passage=Mice were anaesthetized with a mixture of fentanyl (0.05 mg kg -1 ), midazolam (5.0 mg kg -1 ) and medetomidine (0.5 mg kg -1 ). }}