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Anaesthetic   Listen
noun
anaesthetic, anesthetic  n.  (Med.) A substance which produces anesthesia, as chloroform, ether, etc.



adjective
Anaesthetic, Anesthetic  adj.  (Med.)
(a)
Capable of causing anesthesia; as, anaesthetic agents.
(b)
Characterized by, or connected with, anesthesia; as, an anaesthetic effect or operation.






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"Anaesthetic" Quotes from Famous Books



... while. In making my observations, however, I prefer to dissect up the skin and leave it attached to the body of the fish by a broad base. A few minims of chloroform injected hypodermatically rendered the animal anaesthetic, and I could then proceed at my leisure, without being inconvenienced by its movements. The causation of tinctumutation is now definitely known. The theory that light acts directly on the chromatophoric cells has been proved ...
— The Dawn of Reason - or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals • James Weir

... rabbit quickly ceased when the spray soaked the handkerchief and the anaesthetic took effect. With a shining scalpel and a surgical saw, Tom speedily removed one of the forelegs of the animal and then he placed the limp body in the center of the table, removing the handkerchief from its head as he did so. At the end of the table there was a panel with its ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 • Various

... right," said he. "People always make a fuss when they're given an anaesthetic, so don't let it frighten you." And he stood there waiting, rigid, grim, while the sounds went on. Finally they died away and silence fell—a long, long silence. He opened the door and went back into the other room, and the two Jimmies were left ...
— Jimmie Higgins • Upton Sinclair

... under the influence of a mild anaesthetic," Doctor Sarson explained. "He is doing very well. His case is quite simple. By to-morrow morning he will be able to sit up and walk about ...
— The Vanished Messenger • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... beyond saying that, I would much rather not talk about it? This very modern frankness.... Not you, of course! But when a man like my brother-in-law Spenworth strides in here a few hours before the anaesthetic is administered and says 'What is the matter with you? Much ado about nothing, I call it.' ... That from Arthur's brother to Arthur's wife, when, for all he knew, he might never see her alive again.... I prefer just to say that everything went ...
— When Winter Comes to Main Street • Grant Martin Overton


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