anodyne

(an‘o-din) [Gr. ay neg. + ὀδύνη pain]. 1. Relieving pain. 2. A medicine that relieves pain. The anodynes include opium, morphin, codein, hyoscin, atropin, coni in, ether, lupulin, pota ium bromid. Ho! ’s a., the compound spirit of ether: anodyne and antispasmodic. Dose, 30-120 min. (2-8 c.c.).