anesthetize
verbUK /əˈniːs.θə.taɪz/ · US /əˈnɛs.θə.taɪz/
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Canada, US To administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.
- Just prior to surgery the doctor will anesthetize him and he will sleep for four hours.
- Derived terms
- anesthetizable, cryoanesthetized, nonanesthetized, overanesthetize, preanesthetize, reanesthetize, unanesthetized, underanesthetized
- Related terms
- anesthetic, anesthetist, anesthetizer