From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Anaesthetic \An`[ae]s*thet"ic\, Anesthetic \An`es*thet"ic\
([a^]n`[e^]s*th[e^]t"[i^]k), a. (Med.)
(a) Capable of causing anesthesia; as, an[ae]sthetic agents.
(b) Characterized by, or connected with, anesthesia; as, an
an[ae]sthetic effect or operation.
[1913 Webster + AS] anesthetic
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
anaesthetic \an`[ae]s*thet"ic\, anesthetic \an`es*thet"ic\--AS,
n. (Med.)
A substance which produces anesthesia, as chloroform, ether,
etc.
[1913 Webster + AS]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Anesthesia \An`es*the"si*a\, n., Anesthetic \An`es*thet"ic\, a.
Same as {An[ae]sthesia}, {An[ae]sthetic}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anesthetic
adj 1: relating to or producing insensibility [syn:
{anaesthetic}, {anesthetic}]
2: 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)}]
n 1: a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
[syn: {anesthetic}, {anaesthetic}, {anesthetic agent},
{anaesthetic agent}]
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