anesthetize

English

Alternative forms

• anaesthetize
• anaesthetise (non-Oxford British spelling)
• anæsthetize (archaic spelling)
• anesthetise (non-standard non-Oxford British spelling) (very dubious)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈniːs.θə.taɪz/, /æˈniːs.θə.taɪz/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈnɛs.θə.taɪz/, /əˈnɛs.θɪ.taɪz/

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Verb

anesthetize (third-person singular simple present anesthetizes, present participle anesthetizing, simple past and past participle anesthetized) (American spelling, Canadian spelling)

1. (transitive) To administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.

   Just prior to surgery the doctor will anesthetize him and he will sleep for four hours.

Related terms

• anesthetic
• anesthetist
• anesthetizer

Translations

administer anesthesia

• Armenian: անզգայացնել (hy) (anzgayacʿnel)
• Bulgarian: обезболявам (obezboljavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使麻醉 (zh) (shǐ mázuì), 使麻木 (zh) (shǐ mámù)

• Danish: bedøve
• Dutch: verdoven (nl)
• Finnish: nukuttaa (fi)
• French: anesthésier (fr)
• German: betäuben (de), anästhesieren (de), anästhetisieren (de)
• Greek: αναισθητοποιώ (el) (anaisthitopoió)
• Hungarian: érzéstelenít (hu), (for general anesthesia, rendering unconscious) altat (hu)
• Japanese: 麻酔をかける (ますいをかける, masui o kakeru)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anestesere (no), bedøve (no)

  Nynorsk: anestesere, anestesera, bedøve

• Portuguese: anestesiar (pt)
• Romanian: anestezia (ro)
• Russian: обезбо́ливать (ru) impf (obezbólivatʹ), обезбо́лить (ru) pf (obezbólitʹ), анестези́ровать (ru) impf or pf (anɛstɛzírovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: anestezirati (sh), анестезирати
• Slovak: anestetizovať
• Spanish: anestesiar (es)
• Turkish: uyuşturma (tr)