Defenition of the word anaesthetic

• Defenition of the word anaesthetic

  • A substance, used in surgery etc, that causes lack of feeling in a part of the body or unconsciousness.
  • characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state"
  • a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
  • characterized by insensibility
  • relating to or producing insensibility

Synonyms for the word anaesthetic

• • anaesthetic agent
  • anesthetic
  • anesthetic agent

Similar words in the anaesthetic

• • insensible

Hyponyms for the word anaesthetic

• • general anaesthetic
  • general anesthetic
  • intravenous anesthetic
  • local
  • local anaesthetic
  • local anesthetic
  • spinal anaesthetic
  • spinal anesthetic
  • topical anaesthetic
  • topical anesthetic

Hypernyms for the word anaesthetic

• • drug

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