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# painkiller

«painkiller» in Mova's school dictionary: **A medicine that makes pain less strong or stops it for a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a painkiller, painkillers)

### meaning for a pupil

A medicine that makes pain less strong or stops it for a while, such as paracetamol or ibuprofen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painkiller/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In health and drug education: only take painkillers when an adult gives them to you, and follow the dose on the label; too much can be dangerous. Painkillers hide pain but do not always cure the problem. Keep all medicines away from small children.

### examples

- The doctor gave me a painkiller for my sore tooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painkiller/#x1)
- Never take painkillers without asking an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painkiller/#x2)
- Mum read the label to check how much painkiller to give. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painkiller/#x3)
- Paracetamol is a common painkiller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painkiller/#x4)
- Keep painkillers locked away from little children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painkiller/#x5)
- After the painkiller, my headache went away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painkiller/#x6)

### note

One word: painkiller. Countable. Taking more than the right dose is dangerous, even with common painkillers; children often need a special children's version. A painkiller is not the same as an antibiotic (which fights bacteria).

### In the corpora

- [Calpol is a brand of paracetamol for children; painkillers block pain signals and lower fever but don't cure the cause.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «painkiller» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/painkiller/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.