| Noun | 1. | painkiller - a medicine used to relieve painacetylsalicylic acid, aspirin, Bayer, Empirin - the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer and Empirin) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets codeine - derivative of opium; used as an antitussive (to relieve coughing) and an analgesic (to relive pain) colchine - an analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to treat gout Fentanyl, Sublimaze - trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations; also abused as a recreational drug morphia, morphine - an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain pentazocine, Talwin - analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine | |