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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024an•es•thet•ic /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Drugsa substance that produces anesthesia.
adj. - Drugs, Medicineof, relating to, or causing anesthesia:an anesthetic drug.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•es•thet•ic (an′əs thet′ik),USA pronunciation n. - Drugsa substance that produces anesthesia, as halothane, procaine, or ether.
adj. - Drugs, Medicinepertaining to or causing physical insensibility:an anesthetic gas.
- Medicinephysically insensitive:Halothane is used to produce an anesthetic state.Also, anaesthetic.
- Greek anaísthēt(os) without feeling, senseless + -ic; see an-1, esthetic
- 1840–50, American.
an′es•thet′i•cal•ly, adv. |