Dictionary

painkiller en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpeɪnˌkɪlə(ɹ)/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From pain + killer.

Meanings

1. A drug that numbs the pain in the body.
   • Near-synonym: analgesia
   • While taking one pill and dying is rare, dying accidentally after using painkillers inappropriately is common. […] The prescription painkiller Emily Jackson took is a respiratory depressant that slows breathing. That in combination with the alcohol, another respiratory depressant, overwhelmed her brain, which stopped giving her heart and lungs the signal to keep functioning. 2012 November 15, Maxwell Newfield, “Prescription drug deaths: Two stories”, in CNN:

Forms

Relateds

analgesic · painkilling

Synonyms

analgesic · analgesia · PK

Translations (57)

az ağrıkəsici (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · mk аналгетик (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · bo ན་ཟུག་འཇགས་སྨན (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · kri penkila (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · uk болезаспокі́йливе (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · pl środek przeciwbólowy (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · fa مسکن (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · bg болкоуспокоя́ващо (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · it antidolorifico (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · cs analgetikum (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · cy poenladdwr (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · uk знебо́лювальне (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · fr analgésique (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · ar مُسَكِّن (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · vi thuốc giảm đau (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · it analgesico (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · ru болеутоля́ющее (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · ja 痛み止め (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · gl analxésico (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · ka ტკივილგამაყუჩებელი საშუალება (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · bo ན་ཟུག་འཇགས་ཡག་གི་སྨན (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · de Schmerzmittel (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · sv smärtlindrare (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · nb smertestillende (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · mi rongoā whakangaro mamae (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · th ยาแก้ปวด (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · ca analgèsic (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · tr ağrı kesen (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · ms ubat penahan sakit (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · sv smärtstillande (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · he משכך כאבים (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · be абязбо́львальнае (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · ja 鎮静剤 (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · el παυσίπονο (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · mr वेदनाशामक (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · pt analgésico (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · eo kontraŭdolorilo (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · fi särkylääke (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · ro analgezic (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · ko 진통제 (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · ru анальге́тик (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · uk анальге́тик (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · ar ضِدَّ الأَلَم (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · hu fájdalomcsillapító (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · da smertestillende (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · hy ցավազրկող (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · fr antidouleur (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · ga pianmhúchán (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · nl pijnstiller (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · cmn 止痛藥 /止痛药 (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · cmn 鎮痛劑 /镇痛剂 (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · fi kipulääke (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · ka ტკივილგამაყუჩებელი (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · es analgésico (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · be анальге́тык (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · ru обезбо́ливающее (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) · af pynstiller (a drug that numbs the pain in the body)