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ANODYNE (from Gr. av-, privative, and...

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 79 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANODYNE (from Gr. av-, privative, and oSi vo, See also:pain)  , a cause which relieves See also:pain . The See also:term is commonly applied to medicines which lessen the sensibility of the See also:brain or See also:nervous See also:system, such as morphia, &c .

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