Anaesthetic
[,ænɪs'θetɪk]
Definition
(a.) Capable of rendering insensible; as, anaesthetic agents.
(a.) Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an anaesthetic effect or operation.
(n.) That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc.
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Examples
- Another doctor in a mask gave the anaesthetic. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Because people get very blabby under an anaesthetic. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Morton was the first to apply an anaesthetic to relieve pain in a surgical operation, which he did in a hospital in Boston in 1846. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The exquisite pain and suffering endured previous to the use of anaesthetics often caused death by exhaustion. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The discovery of anaesthetics and their application in surgery and the practice of medicine, no doubt constitutes the leading invention of the century in this field. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In addition to the use of anaesthetics, improvements have been made in nearly every form of dental instruments, such as forceps, dental engines, pluggers, drills, hammers, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- What must it have been like before there were anaesthetics? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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