Anodynous

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Anodyne.

    "[S]ome Bodies taken into that of a Man, are deoppilating, others inciding, reſolving, diſcuſſing, ſuppurating, abſterſive of noxious adherences, and thickning the Blood and humors, being aſtringent, Anodinous or appeaſing paine &c."

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"[S]ome Bodies taken into that of a Man, are deoppilating, others inciding, reſolving, diſcuſſing, ſuppurating, abſterſive of noxious adherences, and thickning the Blood and humors, being aſtringent, Anodinous or appeaſing paine &c."

Etymology

From Latin anōdynus.

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