Anaesthetic - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Anaesthetic : 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)] (noun)

1: a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations [syn: anesthetic, anesthetic agent, anaesthetic agent]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Anaesthetic : \An`[ae]s*thet"ic\, a. (Med.) (a) Capable of rendering insensible; as, an[ae]sthetic agents. (b) Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an an[ae]sthetic effect or operation.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Anaesthetic : \An`[ae]s*thet"ic\, n. (Med.) That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)