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antalgic

9.3

A posture or movement that reduces pain

adjective
/ænˈtæl.dʒɪk/

Specialized

: antálgico

After spraining his ankle, he walked with an antalgic gait to avoid putting weight on the injured foot.

Examples

Patients also frequently demonstrate an antalgic gait and have pain during their activity or sport.

Academic text (2006)
Physical examination findings often include swelling, bruising, antalgic gait/limp, and/or inability to weight bear.

Academic text (2006)
She adopted an antalgic posture while sitting to minimize her back pain.
To lessen his discomfort, he moved in an antalgic manner during physical therapy.

Synonyms

alleviative

vsantalgic

Formal

7.7

To make pain, suffering, or difficulty less

describes a posture or movement adopted to avoid pain

painkilling

vsantalgic

3.4

That reduces physical pain, often by using medicine

describes a posture or movement adopted to avoid pain

analgetic

vsantalgic

9.1

Able to relieve pain

describes a posture or movement adopted to avoid pain

Antonyms

painful

737 1.0

Making someone feel physical hurt or strong emotional upset

How Pain-Relieving

anesthetic

Specialized

1 5.7

palliative

Specialized

15 7.7

antalgic

Specialized

9.3

Surface Forms

antalgic positive

Morphology

antalgic = anti + alg + ic

The word is built from classical elements referring to pain and opposition, but these parts are not transparent enough for an average B1 learner to infer the medical meaning.

Etymology

Antalgic comes from anti- 'against' and alg 'pain', the same root you see in analgesic. So an antalgic posture or movement is one you use to act 'against pain' to avoid or lessen discomfort.