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overanesthetize

overanesthetize verb: to give too much anesthetic to.

Verb

overanesthetize (third-person singular simple present overanesthetizes, present participle overanesthetizing, simple past and past participle overanesthetized)

  1. (transitive) To give too much anesthetic to.
    • While undergoing a tonsillectomy, young Lionel — called Leibel or Leibele by his family — was badly overanesthetized.2009 March 21, William Grimes, “Lionel Ziprin, Mystic of the Lower East Side, Dies at 84”, in New York Times

Forms of overanesthetize

third-person singular presentoveranesthetizes
present participleoveranesthetizing
past participleoveranesthetized
pastoveranesthetized
alternative formoveranaesthetize

Origin of overanesthetize

From over- + anesthetize.

Questions about overanesthetize

What does overanesthetize mean?
Overanesthetize means to give too much anesthetic to.
What part of speech is overanesthetize?
Overanesthetize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overanesthetize?
The past tense of overanesthetize is overanesthetized.

Words near overanesthetize in the dictionary

  1. overanalytically
  2. overanalyze
  3. overanalyzed
  4. overanalyzes
  5. overanalyzing
  6. overanesthetize
  7. overanesthetized
  8. overanesthetizes
  9. overanesthetizing
  10. overangelic
  11. overanimate

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