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anaesthetic

British  
/ ˌænɪsˈθɛtɪk /

noun

  1. a substance that causes anaesthesia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. causing or characterized by anaesthesia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Anaesthetic nurse Gerry Paclejan said the endotracheal tube was secured loosely to the side of the trolley with a tourniquet.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2022

Anaesthetic drugs and a surgical doctor's operating equipment were also found at his house, police say.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2015

Anaesthetic and then muscle relaxant administered as the patient is given manual ventilation to oxygenate their system and hyper inflate lungs.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2013

That left youth, the one group that Grass cares most about, the one group tor which, essentially, Local Anaesthetic was written.

From Time Magazine Archive

And in all this pain of transition, what is the Divine Anaesthetic that He gives us?

From The Romance of the Soul by Staveley, Lilian