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Anodyne
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(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.