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

• unvigilant
• unvindictive
• unvitrified
• unvoiced
• unvoluntary
• unvulcanised
• unvulcanized
• unwanted
• unwantedly
• unwarily
• unwariness
• unwarmed
• unwarrantable
• unwarrantably
• unwarranted
• unwary
• unwashed
• unwatchful
• unwavering
• unwaveringly
• unwaxed
• unweaned
• unwearable
• unwearied
• unweary