Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Canada, US)Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.

    anästhetisch, betäubend

    анестези́рующийanɛstɛzíruyuščij, обезбо́ливающийobezbólivajuščij

  2. (Canada, US)Insensate: unable to feel, or unconscious.

More definitions
  • characterized by insensibility
  • relating to or producing insensibility

Examples

6 sentences
  1. I'll give you a local anesthetic.

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  2. I've given you a local anesthetic.

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  3. He lost consciousness under the influence of the anesthetic.

    deEr verlor das Bewusstsein unter dem Einfluss des Betäubungsmittels.

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  4. They administered the anesthetic a few minutes ago but Tom hasn't gone under yet.

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  5. I'll give you the anesthetic.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
reducing pain sensitivity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
reducing pain sensitivity:

Forms

more anesthetic, most anesthetic
Comparativemore anesthetic Lesson
Superlativemost anesthetic Lesson

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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