noun
- medicines or treatments that relieve pain
- things that provide comfort or relief from distress
Usage: medical
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The doctor prescribed several anodynes to help manage her chronic pain.
- Aspirin and ibuprofen are common anodynes available without prescription.
- After the surgery, the patient was given powerful anodynes for recovery.
- Music and art served as anodynes for his troubled mind.
- She found books to be effective anodynes during difficult times.
- The warm bath acted as one of nature’s simple anodynes.