[
US
/ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/
]
[ UK /ˌænəsθˈɛtɪk/ ]
[ UK /ˌænəsθˈɛtɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
characterized by insensibility
the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic
an anesthetic state - relating to or producing insensibility
NOUN
- a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
How To Use anaesthetic In A Sentence
- The operation is a surgical procedure performed using general anaesthetic and, like all surgery, carries a degree of risk.
- But the research wasn't all a giggle: nitrous oxide was also found to be a useful anaesthetic. Times, Sunday Times
- On one occasion, in hospital after an operation, Pegg awoke from his anaesthetically induced coma an hour too early, confounding doctors until it was realised he must have overheard a fellow patient on the ward watching The Guardian World News
- It is usually performed as a day operation under local anaesthetic and normally takes 30 minutes or less. Times, Sunday Times
- We have all soaked up enough of music's answer to general anaesthetic to have lobotomies performed quite painlessly.
- Local anaesthetics, for example benzocaine and lignocaine are used in both lozenges and throat sprays.
- He performs the surgery under general anaesthetic. Times, Sunday Times
- Creams that contain camomile lotion, steroid cream, or anaesthetic can soothe the pain of a bite, as can an antihistamine tablet.
- She was in and out of hospital - operations, general anaesthetics. Times, Sunday Times
- A jury heard that, if given at all, the powerful anaesthetic should have been injected into the space in the spinal cord. The Sun