Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anaesthetic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anaesthetic \An`[ae]s*thet"ic\, a. (Med.)
(a) Capable of rendering insensible; as, an[ae]sthetic
agents.
(b) Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as,
an an[ae]sthetic effect or operation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anaesthetic \An`[ae]s*thet"ic\, n. (Med.)
That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform,
ether, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anaesthetic
adj : characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a
state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic";
"an anesthetic state" [syn: {anesthetic(a)}, {anaesthetic(a)}]
n : a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations [syn:
{anesthetic}, {anesthetic agent}, {anaesthetic agent}]
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