Having the power of assuaging pain.

= paregoric, adj.

Of a medicinal preparation: relieving pain, soothing. Also figurative. Now only in paregoric elixir n. at compounds.

That relieves pain; of or relating to the relief of pain; = analgesic, adj. 2.

= analgesic, adj.

Of, relating to, or of the nature of an opioid.

Resembling (that of) morphine; designating compounds that resemble morphine in analgesic or other physiological properties. Cf. opioid, adj.