anaesthetics

/ (ˌænɪsˈθɛtɪks) /


noun
  1. (functioning as singular) the science, study, and practice of anaesthesia and its application: US name: anesthesiology

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How to use anaesthetics in a sentence

  • It was before the days of anaesthetics, which relieve all of these inconveniences, and above all, relax the muscles.

    Health Through Will Power | James J. Walsh
  • He was found of aesthetics and anaesthetics, and his chief interests in life were beauty and his big bills.

    Ptomaine Street | Carolyn Wells
  • The greater number of deaths occur during the administration of anaesthetics, which seem peculiarly dangerous to these subjects.

  • And so kindly Nature had lessened the pangs he was suffering, and made him able to bear to the end by her own anaesthetics.

    The Day of Judgment | Joseph Hocking
  • The exquisite pain and suffering endured previous to the use of anaesthetics often caused death by exhaustion.

    Inventions in the Century | William Henry Doolittle