anesthetic

anesthetic
    adj 1: relating to or producing insensibility [syn:
           {anaesthetic}, {anesthetic}]
    2: characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a
       state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an
       anesthetic state" [syn: {anesthetic(a)}, {anaesthetic(a)}]
    n 1: a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
         [syn: {anesthetic}, {anaesthetic}, {anesthetic agent},
         {anaesthetic agent}]
    

Anaesthetic \An`[ae]s*thet"ic\, Anesthetic \An`es*thet"ic\
   ([a^]n`[e^]s*th[e^]t"[i^]k), a. (Med.)
   (a) Capable of causing anesthesia; as, an[ae]sthetic agents.
   (b) Characterized by, or connected with, anesthesia; as, an
       an[ae]sthetic effect or operation.
       [1913 Webster + AS] anesthetic
    

anaesthetic \an`[ae]s*thet"ic\, anesthetic \an`es*thet"ic\--AS,
   n. (Med.)
   A substance which produces anesthesia, as chloroform, ether,
   etc.
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Anesthesia \An`es*the"si*a\, n., Anesthetic \An`es*thet"ic\, a.
   Same as {An[ae]sthesia}, {An[ae]sthetic}.
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71 Moby Thesaurus words for "anesthetic":
      Mickey Finn, Pentothal, alleviating, alleviative, analgesic,
      anodyne, assuasive, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, cathartic,
      chloroform, cleansing, cocaine, deadening, demulcent, dope, drug,
      dull, dulling, easing, emollient, ether, ethyl chloride, ethylene,
      gas, hard, hypnotic, impassible, impenetrable, impermeable,
      impervious, insensate, insensitive, knockout drop, lenitive,
      lullaby, mandrake, menthol, mitigating, mitigative, morphia,
      morphine, narcotic, nightcap, nitrous oxide, numbing, obtuse,
      opiate, opium, pain-killer, pain-killing, palliative, poppy,
      purgative, relieving, remedial, rocky, sedative, sleep-bringer,
      sleep-inducer, sleep-producer, sleeping pill, softening,
      somnifacient, soothing, soporific, stunning, stupefying, subduing,
      tranquilizer