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e⋅ther⋅ize

   [ee-thuh-rahyz]
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. Medicine/Medical. to put under the influence of ether; anesthetize.
2. to render groggy or numb, as if by an anesthetic.
Also, especially British, e⋅ther⋅ise.

Origin:
1740–50; ether + -ize
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e·ther·ize     (ē'thə-rīz')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   e·ther·ized, e·ther·iz·ing, e·ther·iz·es
  1. To subject to the fumes of ether; anesthetize.
  2. To etherify.
e'ther·i·za'tion (ē'thər-ĭ-zā'shən) n., e'ther·iz'er n.
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Etherization

E`ther*i*za"tion\n. (Med.) (a) The administration of ether to produce insensibility. (b) The state of the system under the influence of ether.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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