ANAESTHETIZE


Meaning of ANAESTHETIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əni:sθətaɪz ]

( anaesthetizes, anaesthetizing, anaesthetized)

Note: The spellings 'anesthetize' in American English, and 'anaesthetise' in British English are also used.

1.

When a doctor or other trained person anaesthetizes a patient, they make the patient unconscious or unable to feel pain by giving them an anaesthetic.

VERB

2.

If something such as a drug anaesthetizes part or all of your body, it makes you unable to feel anything in that part of your body.

= numb

VERB

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