Crossword clues for anesthetic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anesthesia \An`es*the"si*a\, n., Anesthetic \An`es*thet"ic\, a. Same as An[ae]sthesia, An[ae]sthetic.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
alternative spelling of anaesthetic (q.v.). See ae.
Wiktionary
a. (label en American spelling) Causing the reduction of pain sensitivity. n. (context American spelling medicine English) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness. An anesthetic may or may not render the recipient unconscious, depending upon the type used.
WordNet
n. a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations [syn: anaesthetic, anesthetic agent, anaesthetic agent]
adj. characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state" [syn: anesthetic(a), anaesthetic(a)]
Wikipedia
An anesthetic (anaesthetic or anesthetic in English) is a drug that causes anesthesia, which is a reversible loss of sensation. Anesthetics contrast with analgesics (painkillers), which relieve pain without eliminating sensation. These drugs are generally administered to facilitate surgery. A wide variety of drugs are used in modern anesthetic practice. Many are rarely used outside of anesthesia, although others are used commonly by all disciplines. Anesthetics are categorized into two classes: general anesthetics, which cause a reversible loss of consciousness, and local anesthetics, which cause a reversible loss of sensation for a limited region of the body while maintaining consciousness. Combinations of anesthetics are sometimes used for their synergistic and additive therapeutic effects. Adverse effects, however, may also be increased.
Usage examples of "anesthetic".
I fear that it will remain the same even when the anesthetic becomes available and the others, too, are deeply unconscious.
Colonel, fix a cloth over his nose and attempt to regulate the flow of the anesthetic from the bottle into a very slow drip.
Stop yelling or I shall order the anesthetic to be released from the vents in your saddle and we shall have no further trouble from you.
Revenge for the girl-child who had been no more than a shield, revenge for all the cluck heads and the junkies who had found willing and cooperative allies in their attempt at anesthetic self-destruction, revenge for all the non-white peoples of the world who had stumbled into the snares set by their own kind in the holy name of profit.
All but one were healing, and I applied a topical anesthetic to the one that had become slightly stiff and inflamed.
Jeffrey had had one other adverse reaction to local anesthetic in his professional career.
There was always the fear of allergy to the local anesthetic, although developing allergy in the two hours since the first dose seemed a rather farfetched notion.
It was also documented that the patient had a total paralysis following his anesthetic complication that involved not only the spinal cord but cranial nerves as well.
But parasympathetic stimulation was not HARMFUL INTENT 101 expected with a local anesthetic like Marcaine.
Each time the circulating nurse returned to the OR, he expected her to spread the news that there had been a terrible anesthetic complication.
Glancing down the page, Jeffrey saw that the anesthetic had indeed been Marcaine .
Remember, all we know for sure is that this Harding fellow has worked at all three hospitals at the time of the anesthetic problems.
Under local anesthetic, a thin, flexible catheter was passed up the femoral artery in the leg, to the aorta, and finally to the celiac axis, a network of arteries coming off the aorta to supply blood to all the upper-abdominal organs.
Then he would wake up, unless more pentathol, or a different anesthetic, was administered.
Although the anesthetic worked, Liston operated with his customary speed, single-handedly amputating the leg at the thigh in exactly twenty-eight seconds.