See Also: Anaesthetic(medicine)
anaesthetic(dictionary)
pre-anaesthetic(dictionary)
anaesthetic(dictionary)
anaesthetic gas(medicine)
intravenous anaesthetic(medicine)
local anaesthetic(medicine)
primary anaesthetic(medicine)
secondary anaesthetic(medicine)
spinal anaesthetic(medicine)

anaesthetic (iou)



anaesthetic adjective & noun. Also *anesthetic. M19.
[from Greek anaisthetos without feeling: see ANAESTHESIA, -IC.]
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or producing anaesthesia. M19.
b. noun. A substance which produces anaesthesia. M19.
general anaesthetic, local anaesthetic an agent which produces general, local, anaesthesia.
B. Malamud He cut into the pussing sores with a scalpel, without anaesthetic.
anaesthetically adverb as or in the manner of an anaesthetic M19.