anaesthetic
US anesthetic
/ (ˌænɪsˈθɛtɪk) /
a substance that causes anaesthesia
causing or characterized by anaesthesia
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How to use anaesthetic in a sentence
Ketamine has long been approved in the US as an anaesthetic.
Ketamine’s promise as an antidepressant is being undermined by its lack of profit | Olivia Goldhill | August 6, 2020 | QuartzCorydon promptly did so, and another doctor who was to administer the anaesthetic came to her side.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairIn the early part of the war particularly many a young man had to face even serious operations without an anaesthetic.
Health Through Will Power | James J. WalshHe replied that he would be ready for the operation at the time suggested, but that he would not take an anaesthetic.
Health Through Will Power | James J. WalshArnald also revived the search for some anaesthetic that would produce insensibility to pain in surgical operations.
A History of Science, Volume 2(of 5) | Henry Smith Williams
The involuntary start that shook the pine cone from his hand freed Phil's nostrils of the anaesthetic.
The Short Life | Francis Donovan
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