ANAESTHETIC

• (noun) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations

  synonyms : anaesthetic agent , anesthetic , anesthetic agent

  The dentist injected the anesthetic before beginning the dental treatment. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) relating to or producing insensibility

  synonyms : anesthetic

  As the anesthetic effect of the medicine wore off she began to feel the pain. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) characterized by insensibility

  "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic", "an anesthetic state"

  synonyms : anesthetic

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