anaesthetic

US anesthetic

/ (ˌænɪsˈθɛtɪk) /

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noun

a substance that causes anaesthesia

adjective

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|Quartz
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.
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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