Anaesthetise

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anesthetize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard

    "The retching may be overcome by painting or spraying the pharynx with a 2- or 4-per-cent solution of cocain, or, as Stewart recommends, by allowing the patient to swallow a few drops of the solution, to anaesthetise the oesophagus."

  2. 2
    administer an anesthetic drug to wordnet

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"The retching may be overcome by painting or spraying the pharynx with a 2- or 4-per-cent solution of cocain, or, as Stewart recommends, by allowing the patient to swallow a few drops of the solution, to anaesthetise the oesophagus."

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