painkiller

noun
/ˈpeɪnˌkɪlə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From pain + killer.

  1. inherited from killer
  2. formed as painkiller — “pain + killer

Definitions

  1. A drug that numbs the pain in the body.

    • Near-synonym: analgesia

The neighborhood

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