Anesthetic

//ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk//

"Anesthetic" in a Sentence (14 examples)

He lost consciousness under the influence of the anesthetic.

I'll give you a local anesthetic.

I've given you a local anesthetic.

They administered the anesthetic a few minutes ago but Tom hasn't gone under yet.

I'll give you the anesthetic.

Mennad needs anesthetic.

Finally it was on September 30th 1846 that the chemical ether was used for the first time as a medical anesthetic.

The plant called chamise can be used in a balm that helps with skin problems, and the anesthetic qualities of California bay help with toothaches.

This climbing vine from South America is used to a make a general anesthetic applied during open-heart surgery. Aloe, originally grown in Africa, has many applications, from a sunburn remedy to a laxative.

(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. […])

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Though physically capable of attaining sex rewards, he is anesthetic; though capable of aggression, he is meek; though capable of affection, he is cold and unresponsive.

He is anesthetic to their theological and political enthusiasms. He finds himself an alien at their feasts of soul.

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.

Modern anesthetics can be divided into several different groups according to how and where they act to reduce pain. During premedication, the anesthetist may give a patient drugs that make him or her feel relaxed and drowsy before the actual general anesthetic is administered.

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