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anesthetic Definition

an·es·thetic (an′es t̸hetik, an′is-)

adjective

  1. relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia
  2. producing anesthesia

Etymology: < Gr anaisthētos + -ic

noun

a drug, gas, etc. used to produce anesthesia, as before surgery

anesthetic Related Forms
an′·es·theti·cally adverb
anesthetic Idioms

anesthetic to

incapable of feeling or responding to

anesthetic Synonyms

anesthetic

n.

sedative, analgesic, painkiller, anodyne, soporific, hypnosis, inhalant, gas, hypodermic injection, drops, opiate, narcotic, dope*. see also drug 2.

Specific anesthetics include: benzocaine, lidocaine, Novocain (trademark), methyl chloride, oil of clove, ether, chloroform, cocaine, sodium pentothal, truth serum, chloral hydrate, nitrous oxide, laughing gas, morphine, procaine, alcohol, scopolamine;

anesthetic Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: The pretend dentist was known to pitch his booth next to a show band; he never used an anesthetic.
  • have: Then he told me: " I have no anesthetic.
  • give: Whatever the mechanisms behind it, could hypnosis replace a significant number of the 100 million general anesthetics given worldwide each year?
  • receive: As in anyone who receives a general anesthetic, polio survivors can develop nausea and vomit.
  • administer: Anesthetics administered for surgery present their own risks, and are a very important factor when unnecessary surgeries are considered.
  • require: General anesthetics Sometimes surgery or an investigation requiring a general anesthetic is unavoidable in withdrawal.

Adjective modifier

  • general: Doing away with a general anesthetics means patients can recover more quickly.
  • local: The drugs are given by injection into the eye under local anesthetic, in a clean environment.
  • topical: To do this, the back of the throat is sprayed with a topical anesthetic to soothe the nerves causing the gag reflex.
  • new: So a new anesthetic was needed that was not so dangerous to use The story does not end happily, however.
  • epidural: A further series from Zimbabwe reported 500 pediatric caudal epidural anesthetics.
  • spinal: If a spinal anesthetic is used, polio survivors cannot be expected to get up and walk after surgery.

Modifies a noun

  • agent: Robert M. Julien: " Occasionally, certain anesthetic agents become misused drugs.
  • effect: However, contamination is rarely a problem, and the anesthetic effect is modest.
  • solution: If the local anesthetic solution can be injected with little resistance, it is mostly likely in the correct space.
  • property: Its anesthetic properties could make you unaware how seriousness an injury may be.
  • dose: It is important to strictly follow the guidelines of local anesthetic dose given in table 2.
  • machine: As a hospital engineer I helped to redesign the anesthetic machine used in the operating theater.

Preposition: in

  • dentistry: Nitrous Oxide as an Anesthetic Nitrous oxide found a more scientific use as an anesthetic in clinical dentistry and medicine in the early 1840s.

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