Sekirov Dictionary

anesthetic

/ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3

adjective2

Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.
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Insensate: unable to feel, or unconscious.
- 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. — 1984

noun1

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A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
- 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. — 1994

forms

anesthetics · more anesthetic · most anesthetic

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