Noun
- 1. anesthetic, anaesthetic, anesthetic agent, anaesthetic agent, drug
- usage: a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
Adjective
- 1. anaesthetic, anesthetic
- usage: relating to or producing insensibility
- 2. anesthetic(prenominal), anaesthetic(prenominal), insensible (vs. sensible)
- usage: characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state"
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