anesthetic

Noun	1.	anesthetic - a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic agent drug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic general anaesthetic, general anesthetic - an anesthetic that anesthetizes entire body and causes loss of consciousness intravenous anesthetic - an anesthetic that produces anesthesia when injected into the circulatory system local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic, local - anesthetic that numbs a local area of the body spinal anaesthetic, spinal anesthetic - an anesthetic that is injected into the spine
Adj.	1.	anesthetic - characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state" anaesthetic insensible - incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"

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