anesthetic
Noun:
- A substance that causes insensitivity to pain or sensation: An "anesthetic" is a drug or agent used to induce a temporary loss of bodily sensation, including the feeling of pain, typically for medical procedures.
Adjective:
- Causing or characterized by insensibility: Describes something that produces a loss of sensation or a state of being unable to feel pain or other sensations.
- Relating to anesthesia or anesthetics: Pertaining to the branch of medicine or the substances involved in inducing insensibility.
Noun:
- The dentist administered a local anesthetic before filling the cavity.
- General anesthetics are used for major surgeries to keep patients unconscious.
Adjective:
- The anesthetic effect of the injection made the area numb.
- She was in an anesthetic state during the operation.
"Anesthetic properties": Refers to the characteristics of a substance that allow it to cause numbness or loss of sensation.
- This plant is studied for its potential anesthetic properties.
"Anesthetic awareness": A rare situation where a patient under general anesthesia becomes conscious or retains some sensory perception during surgery.
- The phenomenon of anesthetic awareness is a serious concern in anesthesiology.
Anesthesia (n): The state of insensibility, especially to pain, induced by drugs.
- The patient was under anesthesia for three hours.
Anesthetist (n): A medical specialist who administers anesthetics.
- The anesthetist monitored the patient's vital signs throughout the procedure.
Anesthetize (v): To administer an anesthetic to; to induce anesthesia.
- The veterinarian will anesthetize the animal before surgery.
- Analgesic (n/adj): A drug that relieves pain; pain-relieving. (Note: An "analgesic" primarily relieves pain without necessarily causing complete insensibility, while an "anesthetic" typically blocks all sensation.)
- Narcotic (n/adj): A drug that induces stupor, insensibility, or sleep. (Often used in a broader or legal context.)
- Sedative (n/adj): A drug that promotes calm or sleep. (A sedative reduces anxiety but does not necessarily block pain sensation like an anesthetic.)
(Note: "Anesthetic" is primarily a noun/adjective and does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Common usage involves it as part of medical terminology.)
(Note: There are no common idioms directly centered on the word "anesthetic." Its usage is predominantly technical and medical.)
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characterized by insensibility
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the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic
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an anesthetic state
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relating to or producing insensibility
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a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
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