Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anesthetic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anesthesia \An`es*the"si*a\, n., Anesthetic \An`es*thet"ic\, a.
Same as {An[ae]sthesia}, {An[ae]sthetic}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anesthetic
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:
{anaesthetic}, {anesthetic agent}, {anaesthetic agent}]
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