anesthetic
English
Alternative forms
- anaesthetic (British)
- anæsthetic (obsolete)
- anesthetical
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀναίσθητος (anaísthētos, “insensible”), from ἀν- (an-, “un-”) + αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “perceptible”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Adjective
anesthetic (comparative more anesthetic, superlative most anesthetic)
- (American spelling) Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.
Derived terms
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.
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