narcotizationn.

1853 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 143 277 The signs of full narcotization are the entire cessation of all motion in the spermatozoon.

1864 London Rev. 6 Aug. 154/1 The irregularity of the circulation was like that described in M. Decaisne's cases of narcotization as produced by ordinary smoking.

1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 163 After narcotization of animals, there always arises dilatation of vessels.

1905 F. G. Binnie tr. E. Metchnikoff Immunity in Infective Dis. x. 307 Gheorghiewsky repeated Cantacuzène's experiments on the effect of narcotisation by tincture of opium.

1935 Jrnl. Psychol. 1 42 This conditional response was undisturbed by a narcotization of the spinal cord blocking all motor impulses to the hind limb.

1950 Science 14 July 49/2 A method of fixation that has worked remarkably well with many rotifers without preliminary narcotization.

1994 Neuroscience 61 965 The proportion..was lowered..under general Nembutal narcotization as compared with local anesthesia of the animal.