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"analgesic" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often painkiller (10 letters).
Definitions
capable of relieving pain
Word origin
From analgesia (“absence of pain”) + -ic, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἄλγησις (álgēsis, “sense of pain”), from ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). Compare -algia.
Used in a sentence
“I am taking an analgesic. Is it safe to drink alcoholic beverages?”
“2010, Associated Press staff, Cadence signs option to buy Incline (original copy), Bloomberg Businessweek”
“(I find that he is analgesic and anaesthetic; evidently he is in a state of passive somnambulism.) E. A. Did you feel anybody touch you? K. No. There's no one near me. (He continues laughing and talking. […])”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Pain reliever”9 letters
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