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anesthetic

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌænɪsˈθɛtɪk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(an′əs thet′ik)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
an•es•thet•ic /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Drugsa substance that produces anesthesia.

adj. 
  1. Drugs, Medicineof, relating to, or causing anesthesia:an anesthetic drug.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
an•es•thet•ic  (an′əs thet′ik),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Drugsa substance that produces anesthesia, as halothane, procaine, or ether.

adj. 
  1. Drugs, Medicinepertaining to or causing physical insensibility:an anesthetic gas.
  2. Medicinephysically insensitive:Halothane is used to produce an anesthetic state.Also, anaesthetic. 
  • Greek anaísthēt(os) without feeling, senseless + -ic; see an-1, esthetic
  • 1840–50, American.
an′es•thet′i•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
anesthetic /ˌænɪsˈθɛtɪk/ n , adj
  1. the usual US spelling of anaesthetic
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
anaesthetic, US anesthetic /ˌænɪsˈθɛtɪk/ n
  1. a substance that causes anaesthesia
 adj
  1. causing or characterized by anaesthesia
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