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Anodyne

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from Gr. av-, privative, and obuvo, pain), a cause which relieves pain. The term is commonly applied to medicines which lessen the sensibility of the brain or nervous system, such as morphia, &c.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Anodyne'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/anodyne.html. 1910.
 
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