Dictionary Entry
anaesthetic
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/an-uh-SATH-ik/Word FrequencyUncommon (3.49)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
In a Sentence
“The patient was given an anaesthetic before the surgery began.”
Published Usage Examples
“But just before the anaesthetic is administered, her doctor leans over her - out of earshot of the operating theatre staff.”
“From the twisted fingers, which was the anaesthetic form, produced by nerve-disintegration, to the corrugated lion forehead (again anaesthetic), his eyes flashed to the swelling under the right arm-pit and his brain diagnosed it as the tubercular form.”
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Origin
From Greek 'an-' (without) and 'aisthesis' (feeling).
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