单词 | anodyne |
释义 | anodyne —anodynic /an'euh din"ik/, adj. /an"euh duyn'/, n. 1. a medicine that relieves or allays pain. 2. anything that relieves distress or pain: The music was an anodyne to his grief. adj. 3. relieving pain. 4. soothing to the mind or feelings. [1535-45; < L anodynus < Gk anódynos painless, equiv. to an- AN-1 + odyn- (s. of odýne pain, with lengthening of o) + -os adj. suffix] |
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