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to etherize

to etherize

1 9.9
To give someone a drug that makes them unconscious before surgery
  • verb
  • /ˈiːθərˌaɪz/
  • Archaic
translation icon : anestesiar
  • The doctor decided to etherize the patient before starting the surgery.
  • etherized patient

Examples

  • We etherized that in April, in Dial DMR for Endless Debate.

    Blog text (21)
  • Like a patient etherized on a table.

  • You don't have to etherize me or nothin'!"

  • Around him sprawled the city, senseless, stunned like a patient on a table, etherized by winter.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The resultant odor was strong enough to etherize an elephant, but Hershleder the rebel was nose-blind to it.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The insidious effect of this approach on historians and others whose job it is to account for human events is to leave them powerless—"like a patient etherized upon a table."

    Academic text (1994)
  • To perform the operation safely, they had to etherize him completely.

  • Before the procedure began, the nurse was instructed to etherize the patient to ensure he felt no pain.

Synonyms

to drug
vsto etherize
  • NSFW
21 7.2

To give someone a substance to make them sleep or act differently

uses a particular inhaled agent rather than any anesthetic
to put under
vsto etherize
  • Specialized
17 6.0

Give someone medicine to make them unconscious before an operation

uses a particular inhaled agent rather than any anesthetic
to anesthetize
vsto etherize
  • Specialized
12 7.1

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

uses a particular inhaled agent rather than any anesthetic
to put out
vsto etherize
  • Specialized
10 7.3

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

uses a particular inhaled agent rather than any anesthetic
to anesthetise
vsto etherize
  • Specialized
6.1

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

uses a particular inhaled agent rather than any anesthetic

How Anesthetized

to knock out
  • NSFW
210 4.3
to etherize
  • Archaic
1 9.9
to sedate
  • Specialized
95 6.8
to numb
62 4.2

Surface Forms

etherize infinitive
etherized past
etherized past participle
etherizing present participle
etherizes third person singular

Morphology

etherize = ether (transparent) = ether + ize

Formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to the noun 'ether', meaning straightforwardly 'to administer ether'.

Etymology

The word etherize comes from ether, the liquid doctors used in the 1800s to put patients to sleep, and the verb ending -ize which means 'to make'. So, to etherize someone is to give them ether to put them to sleep for an operation.