anaesthetize

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administer an anesthetic drug to
The patient must be anesthetized before the operation
anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth

How To Use anaesthetize In A Sentence

Mr Morgan and his organ releasing them into hysterical laughter had anaesthetized the horror of the past.
In 1999, researchers from Berkley and Harvard inserted electrodes into the brains of anesthetized cats that monitored the activity of 177 neurons located in the lateral geniculate nucleus, a key visual processing center. Dollhouse: Eyeball Cameras
She used to be a size 6 or 8 and now she's a size 2, no longer using food to "anesthetize" herself. Socialite Life
One is to anesthetize your throat and the other is to anesthetize your mind.
to anesthetize with cocaine.
But it would be wrong to blame everything on the scribes, those unreflective, unthinking mouthpieces of the status quo whose job it is to anaesthetize the public. Archive 2007-10-01
Clearly, tetanic stimulation of the quadriceps muscle is not feasible in unanesthetized human subjects.
The anesthesia care provider anesthetizes the patient using a balanced technique of IV induction and inhalation maintenance.
When Lacuna anesthetizes him, it will repeat endlessly in a recurring dream, skipping like a needle on a scratched record.
anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth