anaesthetic
adjective/ˌænəsˈθetɪk/
/ˌænəsˈθetɪk/
(US English anesthetic)
[only before noun]- containing a substance that makes a person or an animal unable to feel pain in all or part of the body
- an anaesthetic drug/spray
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Greek anaisthētos ‘insensible’, related to anaisthēsia, (from an- ‘without’ + aisthēsis ‘sensation’) + -ic.Definitions on the go
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