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anesthetic

an·es·thet·ic
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [an-uh s-thet-ik]
    • /ˌæn əsˈθɛt ɪk/
    • /ˌæn.əsˈθet.ɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [an-uh s-thet-ik]
    • /ˌæn əsˈθɛt ɪk/

Definitions of anesthetic word

  • adjective anesthetic relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia 3
  • adjective anesthetic producing anesthesia 3
  • noun anesthetic a drug, gas, etc. used to produce anesthesia, as before surgery 3
  • noun anesthetic An anesthetic is a substance that causes anesthesia. 3
  • noun anesthetic a substance that produces anesthesia, as halothane, procaine, or ether. 1
  • adjective anesthetic pertaining to or causing physical insensibility: an anesthetic gas. 1

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Origin of anesthetic

First appearance:

before 1840
One of the 33% newest English words
1840-50, Americanism; < Greek anaísthēt(os) without feeling, senseless + -ic; see an-1, aesthetic

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Parts of speech for Anesthetic

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

anesthetic popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

anesthetic usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for anesthetic

noun anesthetic

  • opiate — a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
  • shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
  • dope — any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
  • gas — GNU assembler
  • soporific — causing or tending to cause sleep.

adjective anesthetic

  • numbing — deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
  • deadening — A deadening situation destroys people's enthusiasm and imagination.

Antonyms for anesthetic

noun anesthetic

  • stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
  • analeptic — (of a drug, etc) stimulating the central nervous system

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