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anesthetical

anesthetical is the alternative form of anesthetic.

Meaning of anesthetic

Adjective

anesthetic (comparative more anesthetic, superlative most anesthetic)

  1. (Canada, US) Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.
  2. (Canada, US) Insensate: unable to feel, or unconscious.
    • (I find that he is analgesic and anaesthetic; evidently he is in a state of passive somnambulism.)
      E. A. Did you feel anybody touch you?
      K. No. There's no one near me. (He continues laughing and talking. […])1924, Maurice Walter Keatinge, Suggestion in Education

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Questions about anesthetical

What is anesthetical the alternative form of?
Anesthetical is the alternative form of anesthetic.

Words near anesthetical in the dictionary

  1. anesthesiometry
  2. anesthesis
  3. anesthesize
  4. anesthesized
  5. anesthetic
  6. anesthetical
  7. anesthetically
  8. anesthetics
  9. anesthetisation
  10. anesthetisations
  11. anesthetise

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