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an⋅o⋅dyne

  [an-uh-dahyn]
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–noun
1. a medicine that relieves or allays pain.
2. anything that relieves distress or pain: The music was an anodyne to his grief.
–adjective
3. relieving pain.
4. soothing to the mind or feelings.
Origin:
1535–45; < L anōdynus < Gk andynos painless, equiv. to an- an- 1 + ōdyn- (s. of odýnē pain, with lengthening of o) + -os adj. suffix

Related forms:
an⋅o⋅dyn⋅ic  [an-uh-din-ik] , adjective
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an·o·dyne   (ān'ə-dīn')   
adj.  

  1. Capable of soothing or eliminating pain.

  2. Relaxing: anodyne novels about country life.

n.  

  1. A medicine, such as aspirin, that relieves pain.

  2. A source of soothing comfort.


[Latin anōdynus, from Greek anōdunos, free from pain : an-, without; see a-1 + odunē, pain; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

anodyne 
1543, from M.L. anodynus "pain-removing," from L. anodynus "painless," from Gk. anodynos "free from pain," from an- "without" + odyne "pain," a word perhaps from a PIE root meaning "to eat."
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1an·o·dyne
Pronunciation: 'an-&-"dIn
Function: adjective
: serving to ease pain

Main Entry: 2anodyne
Function: noun
: a drug that allays pain
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anodyne an·o·dyne (ān'ə-dīn')
n.
An agent that relieves pain.

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