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multimodal analgesia

noun

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A strategy that combines analgesics with different mechanisms of action to improve pain control while reducing opioid requirements and side effects.

Our multimodal analgesia plan paired paracetamol and an anti-inflammatory with a regional block to spare opioids.

Similar: balanced analgesia

Topic: Anaesthesia in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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