anesthetic
IPA: ænʌsθˈɛtɪk
noun
- (American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
adjective
- Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.
- Insensate: unable to feel, or unconscious.
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Examples of "anesthetic" in Sentences
- A local anesthetic is injected into the skin.
- Amylocaine was the first synthetic local anesthetic.
- The clinician may first use a local anesthetic to numb the cervix.
- Local anesthetic is used to numb the area, then the mole is biopsied.
- He died on the operating table of an overdose of chloroform, an anesthetic.
- Dr. David Parker of the Maritimes was the first to operate using anesthetic.
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