GRE Word List

ANALGESIC

an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia

The meaning of the word analgesic is an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia.

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