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anesthetic

Meaning of anesthetic

noun
  1. a substance that induces insensitivity to pain.
  2. the study or practice of anaesthesia.
    he trained as a medical technical officer, working in anaesthetics
adjective
  1. inducing or relating to insensitivity to pain.
    anaesthetic drugs and gases

mid 19th century: from Greek anaisthētos ‘insensible’, related to anaisthēsia (see anaesthesia), + -ic.

Information about anesthetic

Hyphenation of anesthetic

anes-thetic

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 letters.
  • anesthetic is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

anesthetic synonyms

Meaning anaesthetic:

anaesthetic

Meaning a drug that relieves pain and induces drowsiness, stupor, or insensibility:

narcotic

Meaning a drug or other substance that induces drowsiness or sleep:

soporific

Meaning a stupefacient drug:

stupefacient

Meaning a drug or a medicine for relieving pain:

painkiller

Meaning a drug taken for its calming or sleep-inducing effect:

sedative

Meaning a painkilling drug or medicine:

anodyne

Meaning an analgesic drug:

analgesic

Meaning a drug derived from or related to opium:

opiate

Meaning a commander of an army, or an army officer of very high rank:

general

Meaning an inhabitant of a particular area or neighbourhood:

local

Meaning depriving one of feeling or responsiveness:

numbing

Meaning causing a loss of force, vitality, or enthusiasm; stultifying:

deadening

Meaning make or become dull or less intense:

dulling