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anesthetic

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adj/ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk//ˌænəsˈtɛtɪk/
  1. 1

    Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.CanadaUS

  2. 2

    Insensate: unable to feel, or unconscious.CanadaUS

    • (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. […])
    • 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.
noun/ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk//ˌænəsˈtɛtɪk/
  1. 1

    A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.CanadaUS

    • 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.

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