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anesthetics

anesthetics is the plural of anesthetic.

Meaning of anesthetic

Noun

anesthetic (plural anesthetics)

  1. (Canada, US) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
    • After a local anesthetic is applied to the eye, do not rub or wipe the eye until the anesthetic has worn off and feeling in the eye returns.1994, Anesthetics (Ophthalmic) (original version), Drugs.com

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Noun

anesthetics (uncountable)

  1. The field of anesthesiology.

Phrases with anesthetics

Questions about anesthetics

What does anesthetics mean?
Anesthetics means the field of anesthesiology.
What is anesthetics the plural of?
Anesthetics is the plural of anesthetic.
What part of speech is anesthetics?
Anesthetics is a noun.

Words near anesthetics in the dictionary

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

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