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anaesthetic - 6 dictionary results

an⋅aes⋅the⋅sia

  [an-uhs-thee-zhuh]
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–noun Medicine/Medical, Pathology.
anesthesia.
Related forms:
an⋅aes⋅thet⋅ic  [an-uhs-thet-ik] , adjective, noun
an⋅aes⋅the⋅tist  [uh-nes-thi-tist or, especially Brit., uh-nees-] , noun

an⋅es⋅thet⋅ic

  [an-uhs-thet-ik]
–noun
1. a substance that produces anesthesia, as halothane, procaine, or ether.
–adjective
2. pertaining to or causing physical insensibility: an anesthetic gas.
3. physically insensitive: Halothane is used to produce an anesthetic state.
Also, anaesthetic.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; < Gk anaísthēt(os) without feeling, senseless + -ic; see an- 1 , esthetic

Related forms:
an⋅es⋅thet⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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an·aes·thet·ic   (ān'ĭs-thět'ĭk)   
adv.   & n.
Variant of anesthetic.
an·es·thet·ic also an·aes·thet·ic   (ān'ĭs-thět'ĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Relating to or resembling anesthesia.
  2. Causing anesthesia.
  3. Insensitive.
n.  
  1. An agent that causes loss of sensation with or without the loss of consciousness.
  2. Something likened to this in effect: For some people watching television is an anesthetic for the mind.

[From Greek anaisthētos, without feeling : an-, without; see a-1 + aisthētos, perceptible (from aisthanesthai, to feel; see anesthesia).]
an'es·thet'i·cal·ly adv.
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Anaesthetic

An`[ae]s*thet"ic\, a. (Med.) (a) Capable of rendering insensible; as, an[ae]sthetic agents. (b) Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an an[ae]sthetic effect or operation.

Anaesthetic

An`[ae]s*thet"ic\, n. (Med.) That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc.
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Language Translation for : anaesthetic
Spanish: anestésico,
German: das Betäubungsmittel,
Japanese: 麻酔薬
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