anesthetic
Meaning of anesthetic
- a substance that induces insensitivity to pain.
- the study or practice of anaesthesia.
he trained as a medical technical officer, working in anaesthetics
- inducing or relating to insensitivity to pain.
anaesthetic drugs and gases
mid 19th century: from Greek anaisthētos ‘insensible’, related to anaisthēsia (see anaesthesia), + -ic.
Information about anesthetic
- The plural form of anesthetic is: anesthetics.
- Languages in which anesthetic is used:
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Hyphenation of anesthetic
anes-thetic
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- anesthetic is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
anesthetic synonyms
Meaning anaesthetic:
Meaning a drug that relieves pain and induces drowsiness, stupor, or insensibility:
Meaning a drug or other substance that induces drowsiness or sleep:
Meaning a stupefacient drug:
Meaning a drug or a medicine for relieving pain:
Meaning a drug taken for its calming or sleep-inducing effect:
Meaning a painkilling drug or medicine:
Meaning an analgesic drug:
Meaning a drug derived from or related to opium:
Meaning a commander of an army, or an army officer of very high rank:
Meaning an inhabitant of a particular area or neighbourhood:
Meaning depriving one of feeling or responsiveness:
Meaning causing a loss of force, vitality, or enthusiasm; stultifying:
Meaning make or become dull or less intense:
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