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

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

Derived forms: anesthetics

See also: anesthesia [N. Amer], anesthetize [N. Amer], insensible

Type of: drug

Encyclopedia: Anesthetic

• demerge
• demerit
• Demerol
• demersal
• demesne
• Demeter
• Demetrius
• Demetrius I
• Demetrius Poliorcetes
• demi-
• demi-glaze
• demiglace
• demigod
• demigoddess
• demijohn
• demilitarisation
• demilitarise
• demilitarised zone
• demilitarization
• demilitarize
• demilitarized zone
• DeMille
• demimondaine
• demimonde
• demineralisation