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painkiller

noun as in anesthetic

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Need someone to test out a new synthetic painkiller with monstrous side effects?

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Scientists believe they have discovered how the cheap painkiller aspirin can stop cancers spreading.

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It looked like oxycodone, but was actually fentanyl, a far more potent painkiller that can suppress a person’s breathing, according to the lawsuit.

The High Street pharmacy chain Boots is asking customers to return packs of 500-milligram paracetamol tablets because a labelling error incorrectly states they are a different painkiller, aspirin.

From BBC

Rami endured several surgical procedures without painkillers, anaesthesia or antibiotics, his mother told the BBC.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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