anesthetic

English

Alternative forms

• anaesthetic (UK, alternative)
• anæsthetic (obsolete)
• anesthesic
• anesthetical

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀναίσθητος (anaísthētos, “insensible”), from ἀν- (an-, “un-”) + αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “perceptible”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/, (nonstandard) /ˌænəsˈtɛtɪk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

anesthetic (comparative more anesthetic, superlative most anesthetic) (American spelling, Canadian spelling)

1. Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.
2. Insensate: unable to feel, or unconscious.
   • 1924, Maurice Walter Keatinge, Suggestion in Education:

     (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. […] )

   • 1984, B. R. Hergenhahn, An Introduction to Theories of Personality, Prentice Hall:

     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.

   • 2012, H.L. Mencken, Mencken Chrestomathy, Vintage (→ISBN), page 189:

     He is anesthetic to their theological and political enthusiasms. He finds himself an alien at their feasts of soul.

Derived terms

• anesthetically
• antianaesthetic
• antianesthetic
• general anaesthetic
• general anesthetic
• local anaesthetic
• local anesthetic

 

Related terms

• anesthesia
• anesthesiologic
• anesthesiological
• anesthesiology
• anesthetist
• anesthetize

 

Translations

reducing pain sensitivity

• Catalan: anestèsic (ca)
• Czech: anestetický
• Danish: anestetisk, bedøvende
• Dutch: verdovend (nl)
• Esperanto: anesteza
• Finnish: anesteettinen (fi)
• French: anesthésique (fr)
• German: anästhetisch (de), betäubend (de)
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• Hungarian: érzéstelenítő (hu)
• Irish: ainéistéiseach
• Italian: anestetico (it)
• Polish: anestetyczny, anestezyjny
• Portuguese: anestésico
• Russian: анестези́рующий (ru) (anɛstɛzíruyuščij), обезбо́ливающий (ru) (obezbólivajuščij)
• Slovak: anestetický (sk)
• Spanish: anestésico
• Turkish: anestezik (tr)

Noun

anesthetic (plural anesthetics)

1. (American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
   • 1994, Anesthetics (Ophthalmic) (original version), Drugs.com:

     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.

   • 2004, Jacoby, David B. and Youngson, R. M., Encyclopedia of Family Health, Marshall Cavendish, pg. 91.

     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.

Translations

a substance for the reduced perception of pain

• Arabic: مُخَدِّر m (muḵaddir)

  Egyptian Arabic: بنج m (beng)

• Bulgarian: обезболяващ (bg) (obezboljavašt)
• Catalan: anestèsic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麻醉劑／麻醉剂 (zh) (mázuìjì), 麻醉剂 (zh) (mázuìjì), 麻醉藥／麻醉药 (zh) (mázuìyào), 麻醉药 (zh) (mázuìyào), (informal) 麻藥／麻药 (zh) (máyào), 麻药 (zh) (máyào)

• Czech: anestetikum (cs) n
• Danish: bedøvelse c, bedøvelsesmiddel c
• Dutch: verdoving (nl) f
• Esperanto: anestezilo
• Finnish: anesteetti (fi), nukutusaine (fi), puudutusaine
• French: anesthésie (fr) f
• Galician: anestésico m
• German: Anästhetikum (de) n, Betäubungsmittel (de) n, Narkosemittel (de) n, Narkotikum (de) n
• Greek: αναισθητικό (el) n (anaisthitikó)
• Hebrew: סם אלחוש m (sam ilkhúsh), סם הרדמה m (sam hardamá), סם מקהה m (sam mak'hé)
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• Hungarian: érzéstelenítő (hu), érzéstelenítő szer
• Icelandic: deyfilyf n
• Inuktitut: ᐃᑉᐱᓐᓂᐊᒍᓐᓃᕐᔪᑎ (ippinniaconniiryoti)
• Irish: ainéistéiseach m
• Japanese: 麻酔 (ja) (masui), 麻酔薬 (masuiyaku)
• Korean: 마취제(痲醉劑) (ko) (machwije), 마취약(痲醉藥) (machwiyak)
• Malayalam: അനസ്തികം (ml) (anastikaṁ)
• Maori: rongoā whakamoe (general), rongoā whakakēkerewai
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bedøvelse (no) m, bedøvelsesmiddel n

• Polish: anestetyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: anestesia (pt) f, anestésico m
• Romanian: anestezic (ro) n, anesteziant (ro) n (rare)
• Russian: обезбо́ливающее (ru) n (obezbólivajuščeje)
• Serbo-Croatian: anestetik (sh) m
• Slovak: anestetikum
• Spanish: anestésico m
• Swedish: smärtstillande (sv), bedövningsmedel (sv), anestetikum (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

References

• "Anesthetics", 2010 MeSH, National Library of Medicine.

Further reading

• anesthetic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• chainettes, entheastic