anesthetic (adj.)

  1. relating to or producing insensibility

    [ Syn: anaesthetic ]

    anesthetic (n.)

  1. a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations

    [ Syn: anaesthetic , anesthetic agent , anaesthetic agent ]

    anesthetic (adj.)

  1. characterized by insensibility; the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic; an anesthetic state

    [ Syn: anaesthetic ]

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