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Anesthetic
//ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity. Canada, US
- 2 Insensate: unable to feel, or unconscious. Canada, US
"(I find that he is analgesic and anaesthetic; evidently he is in a state of passive somnambulism.) E. A. Did you feel anybody touch you? K. No. There's no one near me. (He continues laughing and talking. […])"
Adjective
- 1 characterized by insensibility wordnet
- 2 relating to or producing insensibility wordnet
Noun
- 1 A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious. Canada, US
"After a local anesthetic is applied to the eye, do not rub or wipe the eye until the anesthetic has worn off and feeling in the eye returns."
- 2 a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From an- + esthetic, or Latinized form of Ancient Greek ἀναίσθητος (anaísthētos, “insensible”) + -ic, from ἀν- (an-, “un-”) + αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “perceptible”).
Etymology 2
From an- + esthetic, or Latinized form of Ancient Greek ἀναίσθητος (anaísthētos, “insensible”) + -ic, from ἀν- (an-, “un-”) + αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “perceptible”).
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