1. Relating to or producing insensibility
   - anesthetic [N. Amer] 
2. Characterized by insensibility
   "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anaesthetic"; "an anaesthetic state"
   - anesthetic [N. Amer]

1. A drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
   - anesthetic [N. Amer], anesthetic agent [N. Amer], anaesthetic agent [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: anaesthetics

See also: anaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], anaesthetize [Brit, Cdn], insensible

Type of: drug

Encyclopedia: Anaesthetic

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