analgeticadj.n.

1867 Biennial Retrospect Med., Surg., & Allied Sci. 1865–6 (New Sydenham Soc.) 119 The left half of the body was hyperæsthetic and palsied; the right side was analgetic but retained full voluntary power.

1885 Lancet 28 Mar. 589/2 A note on the local analgetic action of cocaine.

1901 Lancet 20 July 124/1 The patient quietly came round in about two minutes, being in an analgetic, sleep-like state during the recovery.

1943 Amer. Jrnl. Orthodontics & Oral Surg. 29 653 20 per cent nitrous oxide in oxygen has approximately the same analgetic potency as morphine in dosage of ¼ grain.

1986 V. Seth Golden Gate 289 Some days, it seemed, the analgetic monotony of work relieved his heart.

2004 S. P. Welch in J. H. Lowinson et al. Substance Abuse (ed. 4) xiv. 255/2 This chapter focuses on the antinociceptive (analgetic) effects of the cannabinoids.

1877 New Remedies Mar. 83/1 Ointments containing analgetics.

1933 B. Gadelius Human Mentality xiv. 384 With regard to morphia he will be wise to use it as an analgetic only in extreme cases.

1942 Michigan Law Rev. 40 1043 Nor is merely raising the wages of the workmen likely to be more than a temporary economic analgetic.

2002 J. C. Wharton Nature Cures xi. 264 It made sense, of course, that a procedure [sc. acupuncture] that had worked so well for so long as an analgetic might be adapted to serve as an anesthetic.