anaesthetic

US anesthetic

/ (ˌænɪsˈθɛtɪk) /


noun
  1. a substance that causes anaesthesia

adjective
  1. causing or characterized by anaesthesia

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How to use anaesthetic in a sentence

  • Corydon promptly did so, and another doctor who was to administer the anaesthetic came to her side.

    Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair
  • In 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. Walsh
  • He 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. Walsh
  • Arnald also revived the search for some anaesthetic that would produce insensibility to pain in surgical operations.

  • The involuntary start that shook the pine cone from his hand freed Phil's nostrils of the anaesthetic.

    The Short Life | Francis Donovan