anaesthetican‧aes‧thet‧ic (also anesthetic American English) /ˌænəsˈθetɪk◂/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable] 
The operation will have to be done under anaesthetic (=using anaesthetic). Eye surgery is often performed using a local anaesthetic (=one that only affects a particular area of your body). You will need to have a general anaesthetic (=one that makes you completely unconscious).—anaesthetic adjective [only before noun]: anaesthetic drugs
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- A needle is inserted between two of your vertebrae after a local anaesthetic has been applied.
- He/she will decide on your fitness to receive the anaesthetic.
- My first meal was days later because, as ever, the migraine kicked in after the anaesthetic.
- Perhaps general anaesthesia should be combined with pre-emptive local and regional anaesthetic blocks more often.
- Seventy percent hepatectomy was performed as described by Higgins and Anderson under ether anaesthetic.
- The operation takes around 15 minutes under general anaesthetic.
- Volatile anaesthetics, such as Enflurane, Halothane and Isflurane, are vaporised into the gas mixture administered to the patient.
- We are having to amputate the arms and legs of three, four and five year olds - without anaesthetic.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Eye surgery is often performed using a local anaesthetic (=one that only affects a particular area of your body). You will need to have a general anaesthetic (=one that makes you completely unconscious).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a drug that stops you feeling painunder anaesthetic Eye surgery is often performed using a local anaesthetic (=one that only affects a particular area of your body). You will need to have a general anaesthetic (=one that makes you completely unconscious).· But she decided Daniel's frail body would not stand up to the painful general anaesthetics and blocked the treatment.· A cone biopsy, which removes rather more tissue, requires a general anaesthetic.· The operation takes around 15 minutes under general anaesthetic.· Electrodiathermy to cauterize the cervix requires a general anaesthetic and is falling into disuse.· The report recommends that alternative methods of pain and anxiety control should be used to reduce further the use of general anaesthetics.· The girl, who was having a tooth removed under general anaesthetic, developed breathing difficulties.· Many patients were happy to opt for sedation or other pain relief instead if the risks involved in general anaesthetics were explained.· Surgery means an operation in which you will be given a general anaesthetic so that you are very deeply unconscious.
· Perhaps general anaesthesia should be combined with pre-emptive local and regional anaesthetic blocks more often.· A needle is inserted between two of your vertebrae after a local anaesthetic has been applied.· The paste contains collagen suspended in a salt solution mixed with a local anaesthetic, lignocaine.· Six small rod-like capsules are inserted into a woman's arm under local anaesthetic.· In this case a local anaesthetic is used and a little cut made in the perineum.· If a local anaesthetic is rubbed into the skin before the injury, the flexion reflex does not develop its prolonged exaggeration.
The operation will have to be done under anaesthetic (=using anaesthetic). Eye surgery is often performed using a local anaesthetic (=one that only affects a particular area of your body). You will need to have a general anaesthetic (=one that makes you completely unconscious).—anaesthetic adjective [only before noun]: anaesthetic drugs