Anesthetic Definition
anesthetik, anisthetik
anesthetics
adjective
Relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia.
Webster's New World
Producing anesthesia.
Webster's New World
Relating to or resembling anesthesia.
American Heritage Medicine
Causing anesthesia.
American Heritage Medicine
Insensitive.
American Heritage Medicine
noun
anesthetics
A drug, gas, etc. used to produce anesthesia, as before surgery.
Webster's New World
An agent that causes loss of sensation with or without the loss of consciousness.
American Heritage Medicine
Something likened to this in effect.
For some people watching television is an anesthetic for the mind.
American Heritage Medicine
(medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness. An anesthetic may or may not render the recipient unconscious, depending upon the type used.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- anaesthetic agent
- anesthetic agent
- anaesthetic
- sleep-producer
- menthol
- spinal
- palliative
- morphine
- local-anesthetic
- ether
- opiate
- narcotic
- sedative
- drug
- dope
idiom
anesthetic to
- incapable of feeling or responding to
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Anesthetic
Noun
Singular:
anesthetic
Plural:
anestheticsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Anesthetic
- anesthetic to
Origin of Anesthetic
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From Greek anaisthētos without feeling an- without a–1 aisthētos perceptible (from aisthanesthai to feel anesthesia)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Greek anaisthetos insensible.
From Wiktionary
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