had anesthetized
- past perfect of anesthetize.
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Sessions and his undergraduate student, Yuri Mataev, had anesthetized several eastern newts, peeled back the thin flaps of their skulls and removed nearly a quarter of each animal’s brain—a region involved in smelling.
From Scientific American • Feb. 2, 2022
