anesthetic
English
Alternative forms
- anaesthetic (British, alternative)
- anæsthetic (obsolete)
- anesthesic
- anesthetical (adjective only)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀναίσθητος (anaísthētos, “insensible”), from ἀν- (an-, “un-”) + αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “perceptible”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/, (nonstandard) /ˌænəsˈtɛtɪk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Adjective
anesthetic (comparative more anesthetic, superlative most anesthetic)(American spelling, Canadian spelling)
- Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.
- Insensate: unable to feel, or unconscious.
- 1924, Maurice Walter Keatinge, Suggestion in Education:
- (I find that he is analgesic and anaesthetic; evidently he is in a state of passive somnambulism.)
- E. A. Did you feel anybody touch you?
- K. No. There's no one near me. (He continues laughing and talking. […] )
- 1984, B. R. Hergenhahn, An Introduction to Theories of Personality, Prentice Hall:
- Though physically capable of attaining sex rewards, he is anesthetic; though capable of aggression, he is meek; though capable of affection, he is cold and unresponsive.
- 2012, H.L. Mencken, Mencken Chrestomathy, Vintage, →ISBN, page 189:
- He is anesthetic to their theological and political enthusiasms. He finds himself an alien at their feasts of soul.
- 1924, Maurice Walter Keatinge, Suggestion in Education:
Derived terms
- anesthetically
- antianaesthetic
- antianesthetic
- general anaesthetic
- general anesthetic
- local anaesthetic
- local anesthetic
Related terms
- anesthesia
- anesthesiologic
- anesthesiological
- anesthesiology
- anesthetist
- anesthetize
Translations
reducing pain sensitivity
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Noun
anesthetic (plural anesthetics)
- (American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
- 1994, Anesthetics (Ophthalmic) (original version), Drugs.com:
- After a local anesthetic is applied to the eye, do not rub or wipe the eye until the anesthetic has worn off and feeling in the eye returns.
- 2004, Jacoby, David B. and Youngson, R. M., Encyclopedia of Family Health, Marshall Cavendish, pg. 91.
- Modern anesthetics can be divided into several different groups according to how and where they act to reduce pain.
- During premedication, the anesthetist may give a patient drugs that make him or her feel relaxed and drowsy before the actual general anesthetic is administered.
- 1994, Anesthetics (Ophthalmic) (original version), Drugs.com:
Translations
a substance for the reduced perception of pain
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References
- "Anesthetics", 2010 MeSH, National Library of Medicine.
Further reading
- anesthetic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- chainettes, entheastic