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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anesthetize..
The retching may be overcome by painting or spraying the pharynx with a 2- or 4-per-cent solution of cocain, or, as Stewart recommends, by allowing the patient to swallow a few drops of the solution, to anaesthetise the oesophagus.
But now she was freed of the daily slavery of the office, and she no longer needed to drink to accompany Roddy, or to anaesthetise herself to his friends.
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Anaesthetise means Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anesthetize..
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The retching may be overcome by painting or spraying the pharynx with a 2- or 4-per-cent solution of cocain, or, as Stewart recommends, by allowing the patient to swallow a few drops of the solution, to anaesthetise the oesophagus.
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