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English adjective: anesthetic

1. anesthetic relating to or producing insensibility


Synonymsanaesthetic

2. anesthetic characterized by insensibility


SamplesThe young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic.
An anesthetic state.


Synonymsanaesthetic


Similarinsensible


Antonymssensible, sensitive


English noun: anesthetic

1. anesthetic (artifact) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations


Synonymsanaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic agent


Broader (hypernym)drug


Narrower (hyponym)general anaesthetic, general anesthetic, intravenous anesthetic, local, local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, spinal anaesthetic, spinal anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic









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