anaesthetic

Speech parts

1. anaesthetic - Noun

2. anaesthetic - Adjective

3. anaesthetic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Capable of rendering insensible; as, anaesthetic agents.

Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an anaesthetic effect or operation.

That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

anesthetic anesthetic agent anaesthetic agent drug acupuncture anesthesia ether narcotic hypnotic drugged sedative sedation chloroform snowflake opiate
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Antonyms

feeling sensitive painful stimulating sensible bracing
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Hypernyms

drug

Hyponyms

local local anaesthetic local anesthetic general anaesthetic general anesthetic intravenous anesthetic

Phrases with the word

topical anaesthetic spinal anaesthetic anaesthetic vapor human anaesthetic under anaesthetic anaesthetic gas

Anagrams

aesthetican

Examples

the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic Source: Internet

an anesthetic state Source: Internet

A low blood:gas partition coefficient is therefore necessary for quick removal of the anaesthetic. Source: Internet

"Because there were so many people there, we though that might be upsetting, so the vet decided to euthanise the bull with an overdose of anaesthetic." Source: Internet

Being a stronger and more potent anaesthetic, sulfuric ether was instead demonstrated and accepted for use in October 1846, along with chloroform in 1847. Source: Internet

'At one point I even found myself crying when I bumped into another child being wheeled to theatre and realised Esme will never have another general anaesthetic. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

anaesthesiometry anaesthesis anaesthete anaesthetic agent anaesthetic gas anaesthetic gas mixture