painkillern.

Brit.

/ˈpeɪnˌkɪlə/, U.S.

/ˈpeɪnˌkɪlər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pain n.¹, killer n.

Etymology: < pain n.¹ + killer n.

An agent (frequently a drug or medicine) which alleviates pain. Also: a tablet of such a drug.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [noun]

paregoric1671

antalgic1753

painkiller1849

analgesic1874

analgetic1877

pain reliever1920

1849 North Star (Rochester, N.Y.) 2 Nov. 3/5 (advt.) For a considerable length of time I was seriously afflicted with the Rheumatic complaint, and applied freely the various liniments, painkillers.

1855 I. C. Pray Mem. J. G. Bennett 200 The many pain-killers invented have diminished largely the amount of human suffering.

1898 Daily News 1 Mar. 6/3 The late Sir James Y. Simpson, the inventor of chloroform, and great painkiller of his day.

1932 J. Steinbeck Pastures of Heaven x. 236 Pat could hear the sizzle of mentholatum and painkiller gushing from containers and boiling into the fire.

1959 Sunday Graphic 25 Jan. 4 (advt.) De Witt's Antibiotic Throat Lozenges also employ benzocaine, the swift pain~killer.

1991 R. A. Jamieson Day at Office 102 She swallowed a couple of painkillers with a mouth of water.

2000 What Mountain Bike Winter 28 Endorphins are morphine-like painkillers that are released by the brain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	painkiller
释义	painkillern. Brit. /ˈpeɪnˌkɪlə/, U.S. /ˈpeɪnˌkɪlər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pain n.¹, killer n. Etymology: < pain n.¹ + killer n. An agent (frequently a drug or medicine) which alleviates pain. Also: a tablet of such a drug. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [noun] paregoric1671 antalgic1753 painkiller1849 analgesic1874 analgetic1877 pain reliever1920 1849 North Star (Rochester, N.Y.) 2 Nov. 3/5 (advt.) For a considerable length of time I was seriously afflicted with the Rheumatic complaint, and applied freely the various liniments, painkillers. 1855 I. C. Pray Mem. J. G. Bennett 200 The many pain-killers invented have diminished largely the amount of human suffering. 1898 Daily News 1 Mar. 6/3 The late Sir James Y. Simpson, the inventor of chloroform, and great painkiller of his day. 1932 J. Steinbeck Pastures of Heaven x. 236 Pat could hear the sizzle of mentholatum and painkiller gushing from containers and boiling into the fire. 1959 Sunday Graphic 25 Jan. 4 (advt.) De Witt's Antibiotic Throat Lozenges also employ benzocaine, the swift pain~killer. 1991 R. A. Jamieson Day at Office 102 She swallowed a couple of painkillers with a mouth of water. 2000 What Mountain Bike Winter 28 Endorphins are morphine-like painkillers that are released by the brain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849
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