anaesthetic, anesthetic
(adjective) relating to or producing insensibility
anesthetic, anaesthetic, anesthetic agent, anaesthetic agent
(noun) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
anesthetic (comparative more anesthetic, superlative most anesthetic)
(American spelling) Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.
anesthetic (plural anesthetics)
(American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
• chainettes, entheastic
Source: Wiktionary
An`es*the"si*a, n., An`es*thet"ic, a.
Definition: Same as Anæsthesia, Anæsthetic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 September 2024
(noun) a small contrasting part of something; “a bald spot”; “a leopard’s spots”; “a patch of clouds”; “patches of thin ice”; “a fleck of red”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
