anesthetize

[ uh-nes-thi-tahyz ]

/ əˈnɛs θɪˌtaɪz /

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verb (used with object), an·es·the·tized, an·es·the·tiz·ing.

to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.

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Also anaesthetize; especially British, an·es·the·tise .

Origin of anesthetize

1840–50; <Greek anaísthēt(os) (see anesthetic) + -ize

an·es·the·ti·za·tion, nounnon·an·es·the·tized, adjective

The female ocelot lay anesthetized on the exam table, behind the scenes at the Albuquerque Biopark Zoo.
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Once Shera was anesthetized that day, the staff pondered her condition.
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As the 335-pound animal lay anesthetized on the floor of her enclosure, with a stomach tube down her throat and an intravenous line in a blood vessel for fluids, there seemed to be little improvement.
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In the creepy but simple procedure, the surgeon slits two anesthetized mice down their flanks, then sutures and staples them together, side by side.
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The risk to all of this mindfulness is the possibility that companies will rely on it as a way to anesthetize people to the stresses of work.
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They acquired the tools to accomplish the deed, including a stun gun and the chemical means to anesthetize their victims.
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