ALL meanings of anaesthetic
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A a - variable noun anaesthetic Anaesthetic is a substance that doctors use to stop you feeling pain during an operation, either in the whole of your body when you are unconscious, or in a part of your body when you are awake. 3
- noun anaesthetic a substance that causes anaesthesia 3
- adjective anaesthetic causing or characterized by anaesthesia 3
- abbreviation ANAESTHETIC anesthesia. 1
- adjective anaesthetic pertaining to or causing physical insensibility: an anesthetic gas. 1
- adjective anaesthetic physically insensitive: Halothane is used to produce an anesthetic state. 1
- noun anaesthetic Of, relating to, or causing anaesthesia. 1
- noun anaesthetic (British) A substance that causes reversible loss of sensation or loss of consciousness; used to perform surgery without pain. 0
- adjective anaesthetic (British) Of, relating to, or causing anaesthesia. 0