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ANESTHETIC

\ˌanɪsθˈɛtɪk], \ˌanɪsθˈɛtɪk], \ˌa_n_ɪ_s_θ_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_k]\

Definitions of ANESTHETIC

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Relating to loss of the sense of feeling.
A drug which produces insensibility. Also, Anaesthetic.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

An agent producing freedom from sensation.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Without the sense of touch.
A drug that produces anesthesia.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

(Adj.) pertaining to, accompanied by, or producing anesthesia.
(N.) any agent capable of producing anesthesia, either general or local. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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