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to anesthetise

to anesthetise

6.1
Give medicine so a person or animal does not feel pain during a medical procedure
  • verb
  • /əˈnɛsθəˌtaɪz/
  • Specialized
: anestesiar
  • Before the surgeon could begin the operation, they needed to anesthetise the patient to prevent any pain.

He brought in and anesthetized as if they were going into surgery.

Examples

  • The Bunny is anesthetized and doesn't know this is a perfectly nice thing to do.

  • He brought in and anesthetized as if they were going into surgery.

    Lex Fridman

  • Or what comes up when I stop anesthetizing with busyness, with action, with productivity, right?

  • The veterinarian had to anesthetise the dog before performing the dental surgery.

  • To allow the procedure to go smoothly, they carefully anesthetised the area around the injection site.

Synonyms

to put under
vsto anesthetise
  • Specialized
17 6.0

Give someone medicine to make them unconscious before an operation

is the neutral medical action for enabling a procedure
to anesthetize
vsto anesthetise
  • Specialized
12 7.1

To give medicine so a person or animal cannot feel pain, often before surgery

is the British spelling form used in other varieties
to put out
vsto anesthetise
  • Specialized
10 7.3

Make someone sleep so they do not feel pain during an operation

is the general clinical act rather than the casual expression
to chloroform
vsto anesthetise
  • Specialized
3 9.6

To make someone unconscious by giving them a drug that makes them sleep

covers modern and various methods of stopping feeling, not only that agent
to etherize
vsto anesthetise
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To give someone a drug that makes them unconscious before surgery

uses any drug to produce loss of feeling or consciousness
to narcotize
vsto anesthetise
  • NSFW
1 9.5

To give someone a drug that makes them very sleepy or unconscious

implies controlled medical loss of feeling rather than general sedation
to cocainize
vsto anesthetise
  • Archaic
9.9

To numb a part of the body using the drug cocaine

refers broadly to numbing or causing unconsciousness for procedures

Antonyms

to awaken
73 1.8

To stop sleeping or make someone else wake up

How Deep

to knock out
  • NSFW
210 4.3
to anesthetise
  • Specialized
6.1
to sedate
  • Specialized
95 6.8
to numb
62 4.2

Surface Forms

anesthetise infinitive
anesthetize infinitive
anesthetised past
anesthetized past
anesthetised past participle
anesthetized past participle
anesthetising present participle
anesthetizing present participle
anesthetizes third person singular
anesthetizes third person singular

Morphology

anesthetise = anesthetic (transparent) = an + esthet + ise

If a learner knows 'anesthetic' (a drug causing loss of sensation), forming the verb 'anesthetise' (to give an anesthetic) by adding the verb-forming suffix is straightforward.

Etymology

The word anesthetise comes from Greek parts an- ('without') and -esthe- ('feeling' or 'sensation'), the same root you find in aesthetic. So to anesthetise someone is to make them 'without feeling' so a doctor can do surgery.