anesthetic

English

Alternative forms

• anaesthetic (UK)
• anæsthetic (archaic)
• anesthesic
• anesthetical (adjective)

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
• electroanesthetic
• general anaesthetic
• general anesthetic
• local anaesthetic
• local anesthetic
• nonanesthetic
• postanesthetic
• subanesthetic
• teleanesthetic

 

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)
• Hungarian: érzéstelenítő (hu)
• Irish: ainéistéiseach
• Italian: anestetico (it)
• Polish: anestetyczny, anestezyjny
• Portuguese: anestésico (pt)
• 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, David B. Jacoby, R. M. Youngson, Encyclopedia of Family Health, Marshall Cavendish, page 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: упойка (bg) (upojka)
• Catalan: anestèsic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麻醉劑／麻醉剂 (zh) (mázuìjì), 麻醉藥／麻醉药 (zh) (mázuìyào), (informal) 麻藥／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)
• Hungarian: érzéstelenítő (hu), érzéstelenítő szer
• Icelandic: deyfilyf n
• Inuktitut: ᐃᑉᐱᓐᓂᐊᒍᓐᓃᕐᔪᑎ (ippinniaconniiryoti)
• Irish: ainéistéiseach m
• Japanese: 麻酔 (ja) (masui), 麻酔薬 (masuiyaku)
• Khmer: ថ្នាំសន្លប់ (thnam sɑnlup)
• Korean: 마취제(痲醉劑) (ko) (machwije), 마취약(痲醉藥) (machwiyak)
• Malay: bius (ms)
• Malayalam: അനസ്തികം (ml) (anastikaṁ)
• Maori: rongoā whakamoe (general), rongoā whakakēkerewai
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bedøvelse (no) m, bedøvelsesmiddel n

• Polish: anestetyk (pl) m, narkoza (pl) f, znieczulenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: anestesia (pt) f, anestésico (pt) 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