noun
a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
• Syn: ↑anaesthetic, ↑anesthetic agent, ↑anaesthetic agent
• Derivationally related forms: ↑anaesthetic (for: ↑anaesthetic), ↑anaesthetize (for: ↑anaesthetic), ↑anaesthetise (for: ↑anaesthetic), ↑anesthetize, ↑anesthetise
• Hypernyms: ↑drug
• Hyponyms:
↑general anesthetic, ↑general anaesthetic, ↑intravenous anesthetic, ↑local anesthetic, ↑local anaesthetic, ↑local, ↑topical anesthetic, ↑topical anaesthetic, ↑spinal anesthetic, ↑spinal anaesthetic
adjective
1. relating to or producing insensibility
• Syn: ↑anaesthetic
• Pertains to noun: ↑anesthesia, ↑anaesthesia (for: ↑anaesthetic)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑anaesthetize (for: ↑anaesthetic)
2. characterized by insensibility
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the young girls are in a state of possession—blind and deaf and anesthetic
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an anesthetic state
• Syn: ↑anaesthetic
• Similar to: ↑insensible
• Derivationally related forms: ↑anaesthetic (for: ↑anaesthetic), ↑anaesthesia (for: ↑anaesthetic), ↑anesthesia
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anestheticvariant of anæsthetic.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.