ANESTHETIC

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


Etymology

Adjective

anesthetic (comparative more anesthetic, superlative most anesthetic)

(American spelling) Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• 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



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