Associations to the word «Anesthetic»

Wiktionary

ANESTHETIC, adjective. (American spelling) Causing the reduction of pain sensitivity.
ANESTHETIC, noun. (American spelling) (medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness. An anesthetic may or may not render the recipient unconscious, depending upon the type used.

Dictionary definition

ANESTHETIC, noun. A drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations.
ANESTHETIC, adjective. Relating to or producing insensibility.
ANESTHETIC, adjective. Characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats