ANESTHETIC


Meaning of ANESTHETIC in English

I. an ‧ aes ‧ thet ‧ ic BrE AmE ( also anesthetic American English ) /ˌænəsˈθetɪk◂, ˌænɪsˈθetɪk◂/ noun [uncountable and countable]

a drug that stops you feeling pain

under anaesthetic

The operation will have to be done under anaesthetic (=using anaesthetic) .

Eye surgery is often performed using a local anaesthetic (=one that only affects a particular area of your body) .

You will need to have a general anaesthetic (=one that makes you completely unconscious) .

—anaesthetic adjective [only before noun] :

anaesthetic drugs

II. an ‧ es ‧ thet ‧ ic /ˌænəsˈθetɪk◂, ˌænɪsˈθetɪk◂/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]

the usual American spelling of ↑ anaesthetic

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.