insensibilizev.
/ɪnˈsɛnsɪbɪˌlʌɪz/ rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
transitive. To render insensible.
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1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Insensibilisation, the production of insensibility to pain by means of anæsthetics, alcohols, and narcotic poisons, by hypnotism, and like means, as well as by disease. Insensibiliser, an instrument by means of which is produced Insensibilisation.
Derivatives
inˌsensibiliˈzation n. the action of rendering or condition of being rendered insensible.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] > rendering physically insensible
benumbing1552
numbing1566
stounding1637
benumbment1817
toponarcosis1860
insensibilization1897
zombification1968
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] > state of being rendered physically insensible
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benumbedness1566
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astoniedness1580
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stupidness1619
stupefiednessa1681
benumbment1817
insensibilization1897
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 837 I have shewn that it [immunity against snake-venom] depends upon an ‘insensibilisation’ of the cells in respect of the venom.
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inˈsensibilizer n. one who or that which ‘insensibilizes’.
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