etherize

[ee-thuh-rahyz]

verb (used with object), e·ther·ized, e·ther·iz·ing.

Medicine/Medical. to put under the influence of ether; anesthetize.

to render groggy or numb, as if by an anesthetic.

Also especially British, e·ther·ise.

Origin of etherize

First recorded in 1740–50; ether + -ize

Related formse·ther·i·za·tion, noune·ther·iz·er, noun

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Related Words for etherized

impair, desensitize, abate, mute, reduce, smother, cushion, soften, hush, stupefy, check, weaken, paralyze, depress, deprive, slow, tire, injure, damp, repress

Examples from the Web for etherized

Contemporary Examples of etherized

If it is alive, is it even relevant or, to borrow a phrase from Eliot, is it a patient “etherized upon a table”?
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C.E. Morgan
August 16, 2012

Historical Examples of etherized

The etherized patient, his bladder having been emptied, should be placed in the lithotomy position.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II
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Rubbing with etherized oils and electricity have also been used successfully.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II
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British Dictionary definitions for etherized

etherize

etherise

verb

(tr) obsolete to subject (a person) to the anaesthetic influence of ether fumes; anaesthetize

Derived Formsetherization or etherisation, nounetherizer or etheriser, noun

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