anaesthetize

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If something such as a drug anaesthetizes part or all of your body, it makes you unable to feel anything in that part of your body. = numb. anaesthetise anesthetize to give someone an anaesthetic so that they do not feel pain
{f} administer anesthetics, make unconscious, render insensible, reduce sensitivity to pain (also anaesthetise)
alternative spelling of anesthetize
The spellings anesthetize in American English, and anaesthetise in British English are also used
make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"
When a doctor or other trained person anaesthetizes a patient, they make the patient unconscious or unable to feel pain by giving them an anaesthetic
anesthetize
To administer anesthesia to

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

anaesthetization
The act of anaesthetizing
anaesthetization
{i} process of putting to sleep or rendering insensible, process of causing localized numbness to pain (by chemical means)
anesthetize
{f} administer anesthetics, make unconscious, render insensible, reduce sensitivity to pain (also anesthetise)
anesthetize
see anaesthetize. the usual American spelling of anaesthetize
anesthetize
To administer anesthesia
anesthetize
make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation
anaesthetize
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