anesthetic
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anesthetic
(US)
noun
plural
anesthetics
anesthetic
(US)
noun
plural
anesthetics
Britannica Dictionary definition of ANESTHETIC
[count]
medical
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a drug that causes a person to lose feeling and to feel no pain in part or all of the body
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The doctor gave him the stitches without an anesthetic.
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The surgery required a general anesthetic. [=a drug that makes a person unconscious and unable to feel pain]
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a local anesthetic [=a drug that makes a part of the body unable to feel pain]
— anesthetic
(US) or British anaesthetic adjective-
the anesthetic properties of a drug
