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1. (n.) anesthetic
a substance that produces anesthesia, as halothane, procaine, or ether.
2. (adj.) anesthetic
pertaining to or causing physical insensibility.
3. anesthetic
physically insensitive:
an anesthetic state.
Etymology: (1840–50, Amer.)
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1. (adj) anesthetic, anaesthetic, anesthetic agent, anaesthetic agent
a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
2. (adj) anaesthetic, anesthetic
relating to or producing insensibility
3. (adj) anesthetic(a), anaesthetic(a)
characterized by insensibility
"the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state"
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1. (noun) anesthetic
a drug given to block pain during an operation
local/general anesthetic
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) anesthetic
same as Anaesthesia, Anaesthetic
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