anesthetic
43
4.9
- noun
- /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/
- Specialized
:
anestésico
- Doctor Brownstein cleansed the area, applied a light local anesthetic, and selected the knife.
- a local anesthetic
- a general anesthetic
- a topical anesthetic
See, this one's a natural anesthetic, he said.
- See, this one's a natural anesthetic, he said.
- Get someone on your staff to here's a little vial of liquid anaesthetic.
- But then I found out that he had a little bit of diarrhea from the anaesthetic, which can happen.
- On one occasion he gave them enough anesthetic drug so they were a little drowsy.
- You know, now the painkillers are are start or the the anesthetic is starting to wear off, starting to feel some pain.
- But in the test, the patient is supposed to recite from reading or from memory and the anaesthetic is injected.
- But ketamine is, well, it's, it's classified as a dissociative injected anesthetic.
- So easy, easy peasy, simple pimple and until like the anesthetic wore off and I was in the most agony I've ever been in.
- So to get a sample, the doctor without any anesthetic takes a sterilized Q-tip and he's stabs it into my infected wound.
- Because basically I needed some general anaesthetic and I said needle.
- So you get the full general anaesthetic and you are asleep.
- And is that a general anaesthetic that put you to sleep?
- Richard, I was going, you were saying that it was under a general anaesthetic.
- Now there is one drug that can stop pain signals before the brain ever perceives them, local anesthetics.
- That, that heals, that heals a nation right there, that's an anesthetic.
Examples
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The dentist gave me an anesthetic so I wouldn't feel any pain during the procedure.
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What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna give you a local anesthetic... and I'm going to remove a little bone marrow from your hip.
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And let the anesthetic do its work.
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Which is why we're here for some anesthetic.
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I really think she needs some anesthetic.
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If it's a light general anesthetic, can he listen to what's happening around him?
Fiction book (1993) -
Travis, this is a local anesthetic.
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The patients remained awake during the surgery and reported the anesthetic effect.
Academic text (2015) -
So you get the full general anaesthetic and you are asleep.
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Dr. Pol gives Vegas a tranquilizer and local anesthetic to numb the area.
Synonyms
19
8.1
A medicine used to make a person sleep during an operation
7
3.9
Medicine that makes a small body area lose feeling to stop pain during a medical procedure
4
9.1
A medicine that people breathe to make them sleep for surgery
3
4.1
A drug that puts you to sleep and stops you feeling pain during an operation
1
4.6
A medicine put on the skin or mouth to make one area numb
1
4.1
A drug that temporarily makes part of the body feel no pain during medical treatment
1
4.6
A medicine injected into the spine to make the lower body numb during surgery
A gas or vapor you breathe to make you sleep during surgery
A gas you breathe to make you sleep and not feel pain during surgery
A cold spray used to numb a small area of skin before a minor medical procedure
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
7
3.9
Medicine that makes a small body area lose feeling to stop pain during a medical procedure
- Specialized
3
4.1
A drug that puts you to sleep and stops you feeling pain during an operation
- Specialized
1
4.1
A drug that temporarily makes part of the body feel no pain during medical treatment
- Specialized
1
4.6
A medicine injected into the spine to make the lower body numb during surgery
- Specialized
A gas you breathe to make you sleep and not feel pain during surgery
How Extensive
- Specialized
3
4.1
- Specialized
- Specialized
43
4.9
- Specialized
7
3.9
- Specialized
1
4.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Anesthetic comes from Greek parts an- meaning 'not' and aesthesia meaning 'feeling' or 'sensation'. So an anesthetic is a drug that makes part of the body 'without feeling', which is why it stops pain during operations.