What does anesthetic mean?
Anesthetic means Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity..
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/ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/ · adjective
Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity..
(I find that he is analgesic and anaesthetic; evidently he is in a state of passive somnambulism.) E. A. Did you feel anybody touch you? K. No. There's no one near me. (He continues laughing and talking. […])
Though physically capable of attaining sex rewards, he is anesthetic; though capable of aggression, he is meek; though capable of affection, he is cold and unresponsive.
He is anesthetic to their theological and political enthusiasms. He finds himself an alien at their feasts of soul.
After a local anesthetic is applied to the eye, do not rub or wipe the eye until the anesthetic has worn off and feeling in the eye returns.
Modern anesthetics can be divided into several different groups according to how and where they act to reduce pain. During premedication, the anesthetist may give a patient drugs that make him or her feel relaxed and drowsy before the actual general anesthetic is administered.
Use anesthetic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Anesthetic means Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity..
Common synonyms include anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic agent.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
(I find that he is analgesic and anaesthetic; evidently he is in a state of passive somnambulism.) E. A. Did you feel anybody touch you? K. No. There's no one near me. (He continues laughing and talking. […])
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