overanesthetize

English

Alternative forms

• overanaesthetize

Etymology

over- +‎ anesthetize

Verb

overanesthetize (third-person singular simple present overanesthetizes, present participle overanesthetizing, simple past and past participle overanesthetized)

1. (transitive) To give too much anesthetic to.
   • 2009 March 21, William Grimes, “Lionel Ziprin, Mystic of the Lower East Side, Dies at 84”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     While undergoing a tonsillectomy, young Lionel — called Leibel or Leibele by his family — was badly overanesthetized.