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anesthetizer

anesthetizer noun: a person that administers anesthesia.

Noun

anesthetizer (plural anesthetizers)

  1. (dated) A person that administers anesthesia
    • Buller's the best anesthetizer in the state and a splendid fellow besides.1913, Grace S. Richmond, Mrs. Red Pepper
  2. A device with an anesthetic effect
    • Aunt Ruth has an "electronic anesthetizer" that controls her chronic back pain but also activates the garage door.1991 May 17, Anthony Adler, “Tabloid Truth”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of anesthetizer

pluralanesthetizers
alternative formanaesthetizer
alternative formanaesthetiser

Origin of anesthetizer

From anesthetize + -er.

Questions about anesthetizer

What does anesthetizer mean?
Anesthetizer means a person that administers anesthesia.
What part of speech is anesthetizer?
Anesthetizer is a noun.
What is the plural of anesthetizer?
The plural of anesthetizer is anesthetizers.

Words near anesthetizer in the dictionary

  1. anesthetizable
  2. anesthetization
  3. anesthetizations
  4. anesthetize
  5. anesthetized
  6. anesthetizer
  7. anesthetizers
  8. anesthetizes
  9. anesthetizing
  10. anesthization
  11. anestra

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