to anesthetize

Examples

• All

• Prior to each biopsy, each animal was anesthetized with an inhalation agent.

  Academic text (2003)

• Fishermen use MS-222 to anesthetize or kill their hagfish at sea.

  Academic text (1993)

• We anesthetize him with shot number one.

  Dead Man Walking (1995)

• A general would anesthetize the puppy too, so I want to avoid that.

  Fiction book (1999)

• First, I give him a little nip to anesthetize him, so he'll be more comfortable.

  Charlotte's Web (2006)

• My officers are here with you until he's anesthetized.

  Desperate Measures (1998)

• A needle is inserted between the vertebrae through anesthetized skin to remove a sample of spinal fluid.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The following day, after the patient was anesthetized, Sayre drew the foreskin forward and cut it with scissors.

  Academic text (1994)

• For each stimulation session, rats were anesthetized using isoflurane and placed prone on a heated pad.

  Academic text (2011)

• The veterinarian will anesthetize the dog before the surgery to ensure it does not feel pain.

Synonyms

S

to sedate

vsto anesthetize

• Specialized

95 6.8

To give medicine to make someone calm or sleepy

aims for complete loss of sensation or consciousness rather than mere calming

P

to put under

vsto anesthetize

• Specialized

17 6.0

Give someone medicine to make them unconscious before an operation

is the general act of stopping sensation or consciousness before procedures

P

to put out

vsto anesthetize

• Specialized

10 7.3

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

is the broader medical process of inducing loss of sensation or consciousness

T

to tranquilize

vsto anesthetize

• Specialized

10 6.8

To make a person or animal calm by giving them medicine

targets loss of sensation or consciousness for medical procedures rather than calmness

C

to chloroform

vsto anesthetize

• Specialized

3 9.6

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

covers inducing loss of sensation or consciousness with any modern agent

E

to etherize

vsto anesthetize

• Archaic

1 9.9

To give someone a drug that makes them unconscious before surgery

describes the general medical action regardless of which agent is used

N

to narcotize

vsto anesthetize

• NSFW

1 9.5

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

focuses on producing loss of sensation or consciousness for procedures specifically

A

to anesthetise

vsto anesthetize

• Specialized

6.1

Give medicine so a person or animal does not feel pain during a medical procedure

is the same meaning but written in the other regional form

C

to cocainize

vsto anesthetize

• Archaic

9.9

To numb a part of the body using the drug cocaine

is wider, covering whole body or consciousness reduction, not only local numbing

Antonyms

W

to wake

∞ 1.0

To stop sleeping or make someone else stop sleeping

How Deep

to knock out

• NSFW

210 4.3

to anesthetize

• Specialized

12 7.1

to sedate

• Specialized

95 6.8

to numb

62 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology