Associations to the word «Anaesthetics»

ANAESTHETIC, adjective. (British spelling) Of, relating to, or causing anaesthesia.

ANAESTHETIC, noun. (British spelling) A substance that causes reversible loss of sensation or loss of consciousness; used to perform surgery without pain.

ANAESTHETIC, noun. A drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations.

ANAESTHETIC, adjective. Relating to or producing insensibility.

ANAESTHETIC, adjective. Characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state".