etherize
Medicine/Medical. to put under the influence of ether; anesthetize.
to render groggy or numb, as if by an anesthetic.
Origin of etherize
1- Also especially British, e·ther·ise .
Other words from etherize
- e·ther·i·za·tion, noun
- e·ther·iz·er, noun
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How to use etherize in a sentence
If it is alive, is it even relevant or, to borrow a phrase from Eliot, is it a patient “etherized upon a table”?
C.E. Morgan: ‘Light in August’ is Faulkner’s Great American Novel | C.E. Morgan | August 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe etherized patient, his bladder having been emptied, should be placed in the lithotomy position.
Metaphysical works he placed over science, since "metaphysics is only physics etherized," he said.
Rubbing with etherized oils and electricity have also been used successfully.
British Dictionary definitions for etherize
etherise
/ (ˈiːθəˌraɪz) /
(tr) obsolete to subject (a person) to the anaesthetic influence of ether fumes; anaesthetize
Derived forms of etherize
- etherization or etherisation, noun
- etherizer or etheriser, noun
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