etherize
verb (used with object)
to put under the influence of ether; anesthetize.
etherization
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a word derived from
etherize.
Example Sentences
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Next to Doctor Morton's discovery of etherization, there has been no undertaking equal to this for the amelioration of human misery.
From Cambridge Sketches by Stearns, Frank Preston
The Mexican War was now at its height, and Doctor Morton offered the use of etherization to the government for a very small royalty, but his offer was declined by the Secretary of War.
From Cambridge Sketches by Stearns, Frank Preston
They recommended an appropriation of a hundred thousand dollars to be given to Doctor Morton in return for the free use of etherization by the surgeons of the army and navy.
From Cambridge Sketches by Stearns, Frank Preston
In one of his later books Emerson designates Doctor Jackson as the discoverer of etherization.
From Cambridge Sketches by Stearns, Frank Preston
The mere touching of the pin caused the woman intense pain; even after etherization it was necessary to construct a special instrument to extract it.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
