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anesthetic
UK /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/ US /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/
adj 2noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
applied, capable, local, medical, theological
VERB + ANESTHETIC
administered, eye, give, influence, needs, rewards
ANESTHETIC + NOUN
california, minutes, qualities
PREP.
after, off, until
Definitions
adj
1
Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.
2
Insensate: unable to feel, or unconscious.
(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. […])
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.
noun
1
A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
adjective — relating to or producing insensibility
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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(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 talki
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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.
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He is anesthetic to their theological and political enthusiasms. He finds himself an alien at their feasts of soul.
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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.
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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
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He lost consciousness under the influence of the anesthetic.
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